POLI 4021 Chapter : Brief 1
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The federalist congress also allowed adams to appoint forty-two. Facts: in the 1800 presidential election, there was a tie between thomas. Jefferson and aaron burr, in which the house of representatives favored with jefferson. The current president, john adams, was scared that there would be no more federalist in congress. So in his last two weeks as president, he made more than two hundred nominations for the six new circuit courts, which were created under the circuit court act of 1801. Adams also gave federalist oliver ellsworth"s position to john marshall once justices of the peace through the organic act. Later, jefferson made a statement claiming to forbade their delivery . Marbury and three others went straight to the supreme. Court and asked for a writ of mandamus. 3) does the supreme court have original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus? some of these commissions failed to be delivered, one of which was to go to.
