Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State, James Madison, to deliver the documents. The Court, with John Marshall as Chief Justice, found firstly that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible.
Ray Charles evidently is a hero of Van Morrison. in this song he refers to Ray Charles as The high priest.. Van Morrison has referred to Ray Charles in other compositions of his. In These Dreams of You from Moondance (1970), the lyric goes, And Ray Charles was shot down..
Wide view of the Lorraine Motel and the boarding house from which James Earl Ray fired the fatal shot from a second-floor bathroom window (to the left of the pole). The motel is now part of the complex of the National Civil Rights Museum. The wreath marks the approximate spot where King was shot.