[Rockingham]

Jefferson's distaste for the federal judiciary was because of Marbury v. Madison, which established judicial review, and because the judges were federalists. Jefferson and his party were on the losing side of Marbury and were therefore unable to oust John Adams' end of term appointees. In short, Jefferson was angry because he and his buddies could not take hold of all the patronage they expected.

[Dead Corpse]

They were right to be pissed. Just as we are...