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The foundational checks-and-balances fight: President John Adams’ made last-minute appointments before he left office in 1801. His successor, Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of State James ...

A fight over Jefferson ignoring Adams' appointments The foundational checks-and-balances fight: President John Adams’ made last-minute appointments before he left office in 1801. His successor ...