Congress created the federal court system in the Judiciary Act of 1789, under the authority of Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
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Congress created the federal court system in the Judiciary Act of 1789, under the authority of Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
In 1789 with one of the first Judiciary Enactments of Congress.
The Judiciary Act of 1789.
No. Chief Justice Marshall declared Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, but that was just a small portion of the Act. The Judiciary Act of 1789 was neither revised nor repealed. The Judiciary Act of 1801, passed during the final days of President Adams' administration, was repealed after Thomas Jefferson and a new Congress took office. Congress repealed the Act because it expanded the Federal court system in a way that allowed President Adams to ensure Federalist Party members dominated the Judicial Branch of Government. When the Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed, the Judiciary Act of 1789 was temporarily reinstated. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The Judiciary Act was passed in 1789 by congress.
Article III, Section 1 of the US Constitution required the Federal government to establish a Supreme Court. Congress took this action with the Judiciary Act of 1789.
The US Supreme Court was mandated by Article III of the Constitution, but was actually created by Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789.For more specific information about the creation of the US Supreme Court, see Related Links, below.