Cleveland State University is purging the name of the legendary late Chief Justice John Marshall from its 125-year-old law school because he was a slaveowner.
Critics say tearing down statues of America’s founders and early leaders, and removing their names from institutions is part of the woke movement aimed at canceling historic figures and lessons, and undermining the nation’s morale, traditions, and culture.
Marshall, who became the nation’s fourth chief justice in 1801, died in 1835. He was the nation’s longest-serving chief justice and its most influential. Marshall is most famous for his role in helping to fashion the defining 1803 precedent, Marbury v. Madison, which established the principle of judicial review; that is, the power of federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional….