Midnight charges were Adams attempt to pack the courts before Jefferson‘s presidency. However, not all of the churches were given their commissions. One of which is a man named Marbury. He took Madison, the secretary of state at the time(The man in charge of delivering these) to court. The court case is a milestone for the Supreme Court because it establish judicial reviews. The outcome of the trial basically said they did not have to the jurisdiction on this case because his claim they did under the judicial act of 1789 was unconstitutional. Thus, it established judicial review
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