Currie, David. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789–1888, pages 152-155Archived 2016-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (Univ. of Chicago 1992).
A reliable statement of the quotation was recounted by Theophilus Parsons, a law professor who knew Marshall personally. Parsons, "Distinguished Lawyers," Albany Law Journal Aug. 20, 1870, pp. 126-7 onlineArchived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. Historian Edward Corwin garbled the quotation to: "Now Story, that is the law; you find the precedents for it", and that incorrect version has been repeated. Edward Corwin, John Marshall and the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Supreme Court (1919) p. 119.
Jefferson, Thomas (September 6, 1819). "Limits to judicial review". A letter to Judge Spencer Roane Poplar Forest. From Revolution to Reconstruction. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
Jefferson, Thomas (September 6, 1819). "Limits to judicial review". A letter to Judge Spencer Roane Poplar Forest. From Revolution to Reconstruction. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
Currie, David. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789–1888, pages 152-155Archived 2016-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (Univ. of Chicago 1992).
A reliable statement of the quotation was recounted by Theophilus Parsons, a law professor who knew Marshall personally. Parsons, "Distinguished Lawyers," Albany Law Journal Aug. 20, 1870, pp. 126-7 onlineArchived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. Historian Edward Corwin garbled the quotation to: "Now Story, that is the law; you find the precedents for it", and that incorrect version has been repeated. Edward Corwin, John Marshall and the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Supreme Court (1919) p. 119.