On the eve of his last day in office outgoing President John Adams, a Federalist, appoints 82 Federalist justices. These ”midnight judges” as they were called represented a threat to incoming President Thomas Jerreson, a Democrat-Republican. Jefferson feared Federalist interpretation of the law for the next 20 years, a fear that ended up coming to fruition. Among these midnight judges was one William Marbury. Jefferson ordered his Secretary of State, John Madison, not to deliver the official documents granting Marbury his position. Based upon the Judiciary Act of 1801 Marbury appealed directly to the Supreme Court asking for a ”writ of mandamus” or an order to act. Fortsätt läsa ”Children of congress members do not have to pay back their college student loans”