Larry Kramer
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54 appearances
2 recordings
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 18 Jun
Larry Kramer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The much more conservative Federalists pushed back in all sorts of ways, interpreting the Constitution in ways that would limit the capacity for popular politics to grow.
Marshall's a straight up Federalist.
He was Secretary of State for John Adams and then he made him the Chief Justice.
He believes in judicial supremacy.
So judicial review is the notion that in a case before it, the court can say whether a statute that is raised in the case is in fact constitutional and therefore enforceable.
The whole idea of judicial review without judicial supremacy is that you have three co-equal branches, each with equal authority to interpret the Constitution.
So that will make the court look weak.
It's one of those instances of playing politics.
So he finds a way to say, you know, we don't have jurisdiction.
I can't tell Jefferson what to do.
But I'm going to tell you, he violated the Constitution.
This was wrong.
It becomes the first case in which the Supreme Court strikes down a federal law for violating the Constitution.
For somebody reading it at the time, it's screamingly clear that he is not pushing the judicial supremacy position and is backing away from it, which of course he had to do because it would not have been acceptable at the time.
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