John Blair Pros And Cons

John blair was an person of the Supreme Court Justice and was appointed by George Washington. Blair was a representative at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and convince Virginia to accept the constitution as the National federal government.

John Blair was born in Williamsburg, in 1732, Blair was a distinguished one of his Family; Blair father was the acting governor of in Virginia and also a member of Governor’s Council in the Colony. John Blair attended a college called “William and Mary” and he graduated from “Williams and Mary” in 1754 with honors. Blair family had a good connection with the College, because of Blair Great-Uncle, who had established the college. John Blair had study law when he was at Middle Temple that was in

John Blair was one of the members of the revolution that was meet on May 6, 1776, to draw a new Constitution for the Virginias. John Blair was the 28th prominent of the Virginians who was chosen to draw the plan of the government. John Blair served on the new Governor’s Council at the Beginning of June on June 30, 1776. A new Judicial system was made in October 1777, and John Blair was one of five people to be chosen to be on the General Court. Later John Blair served as justice of the General Court. When Robert Carter Nicholas died, and after Robert Carter Nicholas death, John Blair was given the Higher Court of Chancery. Blair also served on the Virginia’s First Court of Appeals. At this time, Blair had participated in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia in (1782). In the court ( with the agreement of John Blair) they decided to declare any act or resolution to the legislature unconstitutional. Their first decision was to outline the Judicial branch power, so that they could nullify a law that was passed by the

Supreme Court. On that same day, President Washington Sent a letter to congress, with the names of a chief and five justice associates and one of those associates was John Blair. The appointment came as a surprise to John Blair when he heard that he was an associate pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. But John Blair accepted it and resigned from the Virginia Supreme Court, to join the U.S. Supreme Court. Later Washington explained to Attorney General Edmund Randolph why he chose those people and said that the establishment of the New Supreme Court required “the selection of the fittest characters that would be able to expound law and the dispense of justice.” The new Supreme Court met on February 2, 1790 in New York. John Blair proved to be worthy to the justice but was based on his own opinions on the law, the constitution, and the legal precedents. John Blair most important principle during his tenure was the independence of the new Supreme Court and the right of the judicial review. During John Blair tenure they had a case that they heard about that was called “Chisholm vs. Georgia” in (1793), and it was over the fact of whether a state could or could not be sued by a citizen from another state. The new Supreme Court ruled four-to-one that a citizen that was from another state could sued another state bc states were subjected to lawsuits, with John Blair agreeing with the argument that a