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What was the year Jefferson actually approved the Louisiana purchase?
Also can anyone explain the Marbury v. Madison case? I read about it in the text but i guess i am crazy. I also looked in a book titled the Oxford Companion to United States History by Boyer. I guess Ijust need a person to say it to me rather than reading from a written work. thanks .
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marbury v madison was :
Under the administrations of Washington and his successor, John Adams, only members of the ruling Federalist Party were appointed to the bench, and under the terms of the Constitution, they held office for life during "good behavior." Thus, when the opposing Republicans won the election of 1800, the Jeffersonians found that while they controlled the presidency and Congress, the Federalists still dominated the judiciary. One of the first acts of the new administration was to repeal the Judiciary Act of 1800, which had created a number of new judgeships. Although President Adams had attempted to fill the vacancies prior to the end of his term, a number of commissions had not been delivered, and one of the appointees, William Marbury, sued Secretary of State James Madison to force him to deliver his commission as a justice of the peace.
The new chief justice, John Marshall, understood that if the Court awarded Marbury a writ of mandamus (an order to force Madison to deliver the commission) the Jefferson administration would ignore it, and thus significantly weaken the authority of the courts. On the other hand, if the Court denied the writ, it might well appear that the justices had acted out of fear. Either case would be a denial of the basic principle of the supremacy of the law.
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what led to the Marbury vs. madison case was that Adams in the last of his presidency appointed judgeships to some of his fellow federalists. His did this because he knew that the Federalists needed power in the government somewhere. In Congress, power was transfered from the Federalists to the Republicans called the Revolution of 1800.. you could tie in this in maybe
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