Sloan and McKean have done an excellent job of outlining the momentous impact of a landmark Supreme Court case in The Great Decision, Jefferson, Adams, Marshall and The Battle of The Supreme Court. A general reader not only learns about the case but the internal working of the early Supreme Court. It seems unthinkable today that a Supreme Court justice would ride circuit for appeals, then hear a case they had ruled in before, at the Supreme Court bench. It only happens today in some appointments...Sotomayor perhaps. They also go into investigative detail of the parties involved in the case, the political battle between the first political parties and the tenuous first exchange of executive power between parties. Anyhow, well worth reading, highly recommended.
