The Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch. 20, 1 Stat. 73) was a United States federal statute enacted on September 24, 1789, during the first session of the First United States Congress. It established the federal judiciary of the United States.

Judiciary Act of 1789, act establishing the organization of the U.S. federal court system, which had been sketched only in general terms in the U.S. Constitution. The act established a three-part judiciary—made up of district courts, circuit courts, and the Supreme Court —and outlined the structure and jurisdiction of each branch.

2022年5月10日 · One of the first acts of the new Congress was to establish a Federal court system through the Judiciary Act signed by President Washington on September 24, 1789. The founders of the new nation believed that the establishment of a national judiciary was one of their most important tasks.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 is the federal act which established the lower federal courts and other functions of the federal judiciary . Article III of the Constitution provides that “judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts” as …

2021年5月20日 · On September 24, 1789, the Judiciary Act of 1789 was signed into law, creating the federal court system and the position of attorney general. This guide compiles digital materials, external websites, and a print bibliography related to the act.

2024年11月22日 · The Judiciary Act of 1789 established a judiciary system that included the Supreme Court, District Courts, and Circuit Courts. The act created six Supreme Court Justices — one Chief Justice and five Associate Judges.

2021年9月16日 · It is the day on which the new federal Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789 in Federal Hall in New York City. In many ways, debate, compromise, and passage of the Judiciary Act mirrored the debates and compromises over the ratification of the Constitution itself two years earlier in Philadelphia in 1787.

What became known as the Judiciary Act of 1789 established the multi-tiered federal court system we know today. In addition, it set the number of Supreme Court Justices at six and created the office of the Attorney General to argue on behalf of the United States in cases before the Supreme Court.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the federal court system outlined in Article III of the United States Constitution. Article III only authorizes "one supreme Court," but gives Congress the power to create "inferior Courts...from time to time."

For 195 years, Marshals and Deputies have performed the duties originally assigned them by the Judiciary Act of 1789. Their history is also the story of a nation's unending attempt to balance the need for law and order against the demand for individual freedom and the rights of the states.