MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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judges who lacked qualifications for office.
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racist groups who terrorized minorities at night.
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political action committees who influenced local magistrates.
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judges appointed to serve based on their political affiliation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who were the Midnight Judges? ‘Midnight judges’ was the term the Democrat-Republicans associated with the judicial appointments made by President John Adams at the very end of his presidential term.
Detailed explanation-2: -The midnight judges were appointed by Adams to quickly fill any of the vacant judicial positions with people who supported Adams and the Federalist Party. The Federalist Party and their supporters in Congress wanted to pass the act quickly, so that they could fill the judiciary with political allies.
Detailed explanation-3: -History has given us the image of a petulant President John Adams staying up to all hours of the night in his last days in office in March 1801, commissioning Federalist party members as judges throughout the land.