Congress established the US Supreme Court via the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Court's creation was mandated by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
Article III:
"Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
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The United States Supreme Court.
Congress (not the President) established the US Supreme Court with the Judiciary Act of 1789. President George Washington appointed the first justices to the Court in September 1789.
The constitition established the supreme court.
The Supreme Court was established in September 1789.
The Supreme Court was established, or created, so that it could operate as required by Article III of the Constitution. Congress established the Supreme Court under the Judiciary Act of 1789.
The ratification of the US Constitution in 1789.
Yes and no. Article III of the Constitution mandated the creation of the US Supreme Court, but Congress actually established the Court in the Judiciary Act of 1789.
The Supreme Court is established by the US Constitution. It is a basic part of the system of checks and balances on which the US government is founded. Washington did choose, with Senate approval, the men who formed the first US Supreme Court.
No. The US Constitution mandated the US Supreme Court; the Court was legally established by the Judiciary Act of 1789. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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The Supreme Court of the United States (aka US Supreme Court), which was established by the first Act (Judiciary Act of 1789) of the First Congress on September 24, 1789.
In the United States, the Supreme Court is vested with the power to settle disputes. The Supreme Court was established in Article III of the U.S. Constitution.