 On December 10 , 1823 , Rowan presented resolutions condemning the Court 's decision to the legislature . The twenty @-@ six page preamble to the resolutions laid out the Relief faction 's reasoning upon the subject of debt relief and legislative supremacy . The preamble and resolutions were adopted by the House by a vote of 56 – 40 . The offending judges – two of whom had been Rowan 's colleagues during his service on the Court – were summoned before the legislature to defend their decisions later in December . Following their appearance , Rowan introduced a measure to remove them from office ; the vote in the House was 56 – 40 in favor of the measure , but this fell short of the two @-@ thirds majority needed to remove the judges . The Relief faction then introduced legislation to repeal the law that originally created the Court of Appeals , then replace the abolished court with a new court . Anti @-@ Relief partisans decried the measure as blatantly unconstitutional . Rowan was the chief defender of the measure , and after his impassioned speech on the night of December 24 , 1824 , it passed by simple majority . In November 1824 , Rowan heavily revised the preamble and resolutions he presented in the previous legislative session . These revised documents effectively formed the faction 's platform for the upcoming elections . 
