JOHN MARSHALL: THE MAN WHO MADE THE SUPREME COURT is a documentary about the most important chief justice of the Supreme Court. Marshall made the Supreme Court into the influential institution it has become since he ran the court from 1801 to 1835. The beginning of the documentary discusses Marshall’s life before the court. It then details eight important cases that Marshall decided with the other members of the court. A host of constitutional scholars and history scholars discuss the cases. Interspersed with these interviews and discussions are visits to the places where Marshall lived and the states affected by his rulings, and performances by actors reading snippets from some arguments before Marshall’s court and his rulings.