PSCI 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antonin Scalia, Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Périgord, Bruce Ackerman
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Marshall is the cause of marbury v. madison: he is an adams supporter, maybe the most important in the house. Adams sent him on a trip to france, tallyrand. French pm issued a bribe to american diplomats. Diplomats leave due to disgust in that, marshall is one of those. Adams made other options as well, marshall chose this one. As secretary of state, he is responsible of putting the seal of the us on. Appointment papers, something like a notary public for the us seal. The appointments with marbury v. madison were late night, called midnight. Legend says it was done on midnight on the last day adams was president, Jefferson took of ce when the commissions were supposed to be delivered. Marbury"s commission was supposed to be delivered by marshall, but he didn"t get there in time before jefferson came back into of ce. The delivery was delayed due to crowds of jeffersonians to see him take of ce.