There is a case every law student must have come across. This is the American case of Marbury v Madison. President John Adams and his federalist party had been defeated in the 1800 elections. Thomas Jefferson running on the ticket of the Republicans had won the elections. As part of John Adams final acts, the … Read more
Peaceful presidential transitions are difficult to execute, particularly when they involve a defeated incumbent. As usual, the Americans have the most documentation of transitions. While, for the most part, they have gone well, there have been memorable hiccups. In 1800, after the bitterly contested election between Adams and Jefferson, President Adams made some midnight appointments, … Read more
Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a Ghanaian lawyer based in the United States of America (USA), has called for an anti-Midnight Appointment Act that limits the power of the President to make appointments in the Public Service three months immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the end of his term. In his view, … Read more