Americana Corner: The last bastion of the Federalists

Americana Corner: The last bastion of the Federalists

After the Federalists were voted out of office in the fall of 1800 by Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party, the need for reform to the judicial system, the last stronghold of Federalist authority, became the most pressing concern of the outgoing Adams administration. The idea was not new as it had been a desire of Federalists to fix the national court system for years, but between the Quasi War with France and ongoing diplomatic strugg…