Midnight Judges

• Midnight Judges

Presidents throughout history have sought to influence law through their judicial appointments. However, the skirmish involving the m...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Mc–Pl

• Marbury v. Madison 1803

...The "Midnight Judges". After a bitter battle, Thomas Jefferson e...

• Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America
• Volume 4: Business and Government Law
• Federal Powers and Separation of Powers

• Md. General Assembly Passes Orphans' Court Measure

Prince George's and Baltimore counties may be the next jurisdictions to require that judges on their Orphans' Courts be Maryland lawyers. Before finishing its session at midnight, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 281. The measure authorizes a statewide ballot question in November 2012 seeking to amend the Maryland Constitution to make a law license a prerequisite for Orphans' Court judges in the two counties.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• April 18, 2011

• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson, 478 U.S. 804 (1986)

...-question jurisdiction briefly in the Midnight Judges Act, ch. 4, 11, 2 Stat. 92 (1801), which wa...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Rant! #259; We Must Be Rid of the Scourge That Is Our State Government

IT'S GETTING SO BAD that people are driving to Harrisburg to inflate big pink pigs on the capitol steps. Elected officials are telling their constituents to "get a life." The state's House and Senate members are refusing to return calls and their personal Web sites have no information on their recent midnight pay hike. Local state representatives, senators and state judges have called the public's anger "a knee-jerk reaction" and the result of a "slow news month." Have you tuned it all out? Is this business as usual in our state government? Will democracy prevail? Will it just all go away? What is this guy talking about? Why should I care?

• Pittsburgh City Paper
• August 05, 2009

• Assessing changes in state representation on the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

...'s consideration, of court of appeals judges. Ignoring the role geography plays leaves scholars... 1801 (the Judiciary Act of 1801, or the "Midnight Judges Act"), those judgeships were abolished in 1...

• Presidential Studies Quarterly
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 4, December 2011

• Chokeout a Finalist for Band Competition

Local metal band Chokeout is one of five finalists in an online vote that will determine who represents the Tri-Cities in "The Search for the Next Great American Band," a new musical competition on Fox from the producers of "American Idol. According to Kennewick affiliate KFFX-TV Fox 11's Web site, the band with the most votes by midnight Sunday will win a trip to Las Vegas and a guaranteed audition in front of the official judges of the show.

• Yakima Herald-Republic
• July 27, 2007

• Dry Night Expected for Festival: ; All Kanawha County High Schools to Compete at Laidley Field Tonight

Mostly clear skies are predicted for tonights 65th annual Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival. Tim Axford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the storm that produced rain in the area on Monday has moved north, leaving dry air in its wake. Todays highs in the mid-70s were to drop to the mid- 50s by midnight. The festival begins at 6:30 p.m. The festival is the only annual competition in which all eight Kanawha County public high schools compete. It takes place at University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field. A highlight will be an exhibition performance by West Virginia Universitys marching band, the Pride of West Virginia. Festival coordinator Fonda Lockhart expects an audience of 2,500. Its a great opportunity for our students to see the form...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• September 28, 2011

• Maine Native's a Cappella Group Takes Second Place On Nbc's 'the Sing-Off'

The season finale of the "The Sing-Off" was broadcast on NBC Monday night, and the Dartmouth Aires, featuring Portland native Michael Odokara-Okigbo, took home second place. Pentatonix, a five- piece group from Arlington, Texas, won first place, garnering them a grand prize of $200,000 and a Sony recording contact. From the beginning, Odokara-Okigbo was in the spotlight, for his powerful voice and his showmanship. On the finale episode, the Aires started off with a choreographed, high-energy rendition of Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." Odokara-Okigbo took the male lead vocal for the song, dazzling the judges with his vocal pyrotechnics. He also took a major role in the all-male version of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." In earlier episodes, the Aires and Odokara-Okigbo ...

• Bangor Daily News
• November 29, 2011

• Critics Fault Ex-Justice O'connor Over Ethics

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor continues to hear cases in U.S. appeals courts while also playing a role in public policy issues. Her critics say she should do one or the other, but not both. O'Connor, 81, was forced to apologize for 50,000 recorded telephone calls made to Nevada voters in which she supported a ballot measure to change the way state judges are selected. She said she did not authorize the calls featuring her recorded voice, much less their post-midnight delivery, but she also defended her involvement in the campaign that included her appearance in a television commercial.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• April 11, 2011