Judiciary

The Judiciary Act of 1789, officially titled "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States," was signed into law by President George Washington on September 24, 1789. Article III of the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left to Congress the authority to create…

In his opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall held that the provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which allowed Marbury to bring his case to the Supreme Court, was unconstitutional because it extended the Court’s original jurisdiction beyond what Article III, Section 2, had established. Marshall…

<p><span class="deck">As the 2000 election made very clear, we are torn between revering judges and despising them. It’s in the nature of the job.</span></p>