why did you choose to write about justice bushrod, washington? why should our ncc friends be interested in him? well, thanks jeff for inviting me and it's wonderful to be here with such a great panel. i decided to write about bushrod, washington for a couple of reasons first. no one had written a book about him before so that was a challenge. secondly. he was george washington's nephew. and so this is a way of understanding george washington that is different from other approaches you could take to him. third is he was on the supreme court at a pivotal juncture for 30 years alongside john marshall and had a very close relationship with john marshall that predated their time on the court. and it was a way of approaching the marshall court from a different vantage point and in doing so i came to believe that washington was really a pivotal partner for john marshall and that we should understand what the court did in those years as being largely the product of the team. that is john marshall and bush red washington and that washington, really played

the ncc and the most recent which we're here to talk about is washington's air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. maybe marcus is research professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the george washington university law school where