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- The only Federalist to serve as President.
- The Quasi-War with France.
- Signed the Alien and Sedition Acts into law.
- Responsible for the "Midnight Judges," which eventually led to Marbury v. Madison.
- Lost the Election of 1800.
John Adams was the second president of the U. S. and the only president of the Federalist Party. He was in power during the Quasi-War with France. The Quasi-War was an undeclared war between the U. S. and France from 1798 to 1800. After the French changed government during the French Revolutionary Wars, the U. S. refused to pay its debt to France, arguing that the money was owed to a previous regime. It involved two years of hostilities at sea. One of Adams’ greatest accomplishment was the peaceful resolution of this war.
Adams is also remembered because of his involvement in the “Midnight Judges” Act and in the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798. They made it more difficult for foreigners to become citizens and allowed the President to imprison foreigners that were considered dangerous or were from a hostile nation.
John Adams lost the 1800 election against Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson.
Answer:
1. cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party.
2. Yes, Congress has the authority to change the Court's jurisdiction
Explanation:
1. The United States Constitution under Article III Section II stated among other things that "In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction..."
2. Yes, Congress has the authority to change the Court's jurisdiction, particularly the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction over specific cases, or matters.
This is evident in the fact that Article III section II also stated among other things that "In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such Exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make."
