Metabolism Basics. Our bodies get the energy they need from food through metabolism, the chemical reactions in the body's cells that convert the fuel from food into the energy needed to do everything from moving to thinking to growing.
President John Adams appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court in early 1801. On assuming his duties on March 5, Marshall took immediate action to strengthen the power of the Court. Thomas Jefferson was coming into office as president, and his party dominated Congress.
John Paul Stevens. John Paul Stevens was appointed by President Gerald R. Ford in 1975 as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Stevens previously served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2010.