History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1054 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Judiciary Act of 1789
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The idea
The Judiciary Act of July seventeen eighty-nine created the Supreme Court with six justices, committed to the new national government.
In practice
A judiciary built by statute rather than described in detail by the Constitution.
Where people slip
Remember this act. Fourteen years later Marshall declares part of it unconstitutional, in entry 1090.
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