Category: History

  • Summary: Kathryn Turner’s “The Midnight Judges”

    Kathryn Turner’s The Midnight Judges describes a judicial crisis at the turn of the 19th century, described by Jamelle Bouie as a “partisan problem” which demanded a partisan solution.  In this post, I summarize Turner’s article and the key points of her research into the nature of the problem and the political figures involved.  Overview…