The Significance of the Judiciary Act of 1789
By September 1789, Congress had created the State, Treasury, and war departments and passed a Judiciary Act Establishing three circuit courts of appeal and thirteen federal district courts. The number of supreme court justices was set at six, and Washington named John Jay the Chief of Justice. One of the First acts of the new congress, through the Judiciary Act, was to establish a Federal Court System signed by President Washington on September 24,1789. Article III in the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left the authority to create lower federal courts needed, to congress. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the organization of the U.S. Federal Court system,
By September 1789, Congress had created the State, Treasury, and war departments and passed a Judiciary Act Establishing three circuit courts of appeal and thirteen federal district courts. The number of supreme court justices was set at six, and Washington named John Jay the Chief of Justice. One of the First acts of the new congress, through the Judiciary Act, was to establish a Federal Court System signed by President Washington on September 24,1789. Article III in the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left the authority to create lower federal courts needed, to congress. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the organization of the U.S. Federal Court system,