The Framers charged Congress with the authority to establish inferior courts to allow for flexibility and adaptability in the judicial system, recognizing that the needs of the judiciary might evolve over time. By not detailing these courts in the Constitution, they aimed to prevent the document from becoming overly rigid and to enable Congress to determine the structure based on practical needs. The compensation clause ensures judicial independence by preventing Congress from undermining the judiciary through salary reductions, thereby protecting judges from political pressures and ensuring they can make fair decisions without fear of financial repercussions.
to amend the articles of the constitution
The framers of the Constitution were part of the Second Continental Congress.
make policy
Congress....
The power of the purse.
Cool
The framers were able to bypass congress and state legislature in the process of ratifying the new constitution because there are two methods of ratifying and they choose the one that bypasses congress. All they had to do is have the people vote on ratification and get a majority vote.
it would keep congress from overpowering the other branches
By passing laws that clarify how the government works.
No. The framers of the Constitution anticipated there would be a need for a more complex court system, but they gave power to Congress to determine what form the federal judiciary would take.Article III, Section 1, mandates the creation of a Supreme Court and inferior courts: 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.
They were afraid that since a few delegates had walked out of the Constitution and how there had been so many disagreements that the Congress and state governments might not want to ratify the Constitution.
There are 53 framers in the U.S. Constitution