Midnight Judges

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The Midnight Judges were last-minute judicial appointees made by outgoing President John Adams in 1801, which sparked a major constitutional dispute and led to the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.

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Presidency of John Adams associatedEvent Midnight Judges