Judiciary Act of 1789 in the United States

Concept of Judiciary Act of 1789

In the U.S., in the context of Judiciary power and branch, Judiciary Act of 1789 has the following meaning: The act in the 1st Congress that set out the basic structure of the federal judiciary (district courts and appellate courts, under the constitutionally created Supreme Court) and provided, under the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, that state court decisions could be appealed into this federal judiciary. (Source of this definition of Judiciary Act of 1789 : University of Texas)

Judiciary Act of 1789

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• Judiciary Power
• Judiciary Branch