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What courts are created by the US Constitution and by the US Congress?
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∙ 13y ago
The only court specifically provided for in the US Constitution is the Supreme Court. Article 3 establishes the Supreme Court ". . .and such inferioe courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." Further, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9 authorizes Congress to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. The federal court system has several individual courts, but only the Supreme Court is mentioned in the Constitution
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe US Supreme Court is the only court specifically required by the Constitution; however, Congress established the Supreme Court under the Judiciary Act of 1789, approximately six months after the rest of the federal government became operational.
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∙ 12y agoThe only court specifically mentioned in the US Constitution is the Supreme Court. Both Articles I and III also refer non-specifically to "inferior" or lower federal courts (state courts are not mentioned).
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∙ 15y agoSieg Heil!The Supreme Court & Circuit Courts I believe.
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∙ 15y agoThe constitition established the supreme court.
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∙ 14y agothe supreme court, the state court, and the federal court
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∙ 13y agoThe only court mandated by the Constitution is the Supreme Court of the United States.
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∙ 13y agoAll US federal courts were created by Congress; the Constitution required Congress to establish the Supreme Court.
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Which document first established the office of the president of the US?
The US Constitution is the document that established the presidency , the Congress and the Supreme Court.
In which article of the constitution is the power of congress discussed?
The powers of the U.S. Congress may be found in Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America. For more, please feel free to view a transcript of the Constitution of the United States of America. Click on the link to the website of the National Archives under Related Links. ----
When was the constitution adopted by the continental congress?
This answer needs some explanation. The US Constitution was not "adopted" by the "continental congress." By that time there no longer was a "continental congress" in the same form as the one that had adopted the Declaration Of Independence. There was a "Congress" under the Articles of Confederation and it authorized the formation of a "Constitutional Convention" to revise the Articles of Confederation on February 21, 1787. On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention adopted the final form of the US Constitution, presented it to Congress and recommended its ratification by the states. on September 28, 1787, Congress directed that the proposed Constitution be sent to the legislatures of each state so that they could form their own Constitutional Conventions for the purposes of ratifying the Constitution.
In a federal system of government what is the final authority?
Theoretically in the United States, it is congress. The constitution gives congress the right to overrule any Supreme Court decision. It has never done that. It gives congress rights over decisions of the Executive branch. Congress usually defers. There is a difference between being the final authority and having common sense.
When was the US Army authorized by Congress?
June 14, 1775
What type of inferior courts are listed in the US Constitution?
No types of inferior courts are listed in the US Constitution. The Constitution sets up the Supreme Court in Article III but leaves it to Congress to set up other inferior courts as it sees fit. In addition to the Article III power to create inferior courts, Article I also empowers Congress to create tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court but likewise does not describe what type they might be.
When were the federal district courts created?
Under Articles I and III of the Constitution, Congresshas sole authority to create federal courts. They established the US Supreme Court (mandated by the Constitution) and first federal courts in the Judiciary Act of 1789.
What type of courts can Congress establish to assist the US Supreme Court?
Article III of the US Constitution refers to them as "inferior courts."
What is the source of power of the federal courts?
The body of federal laws enacted by the US Congress, and Article III of the Constitution.
Who creates additional federal courts?
Congress is vested with the authority to create courts "inferior" to the US Supreme Court in both Article I and Article III of the US Constitution.
What is the only federal court set up by the constitution?
Congress has established a lot of courts in the federal judiciary; the Constitution gives them that power in Article I. The only court specifically mentioned in the Constitution is the US Supreme Court, which was mandated by Article III of the Constitution, but established by Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Who established the lower courts of the US?
According to Articles I and III of the Constitution, Congress is granted sole authority to establish courts inferior to (lower than) the US Supreme Court.
Does the US Supreme Court create the inferior courts?
No. Article I, Section 8 and Article III of the Constitution authorizes Congress to create courts "inferior" to the US Supreme Court.
What courts can Congress create to aid the US Supreme Court?
Article III of the Constitution refers to such courts as "inferior," meaning lower in power and authority than the US Supreme Court.
How are all courts except the us supreme court established?
Congress created a rudimentary federal court system in The Judiciary Act of 1789. Although Article III of the Constitution mandated a US Supreme Court.
Who created the court of appeals?
Congress created the US Courts of Appeals, now called the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, to relieve the Supreme Court of much of its appellate caseload.
Do all of the federal courts determine the number of US Supreme Court justices?
No. The US Constitution vests Congress with the authority to determine the structure of the federal courts, including the US Supreme Court. Congress set the number of justices on the Court at nine in the Judiciary Act of 1869.
