Vance is undoubtedly setting the stage for the inevitable: Trump’s flouting of federal court orders, which, given Congress’s ...

Citations: Presser, Stephen. 1993. Review: Originas of the Federal Judiciary: Essays on the Judiciary Act of 1789 edited by Maeva Marcus. William and Mary Quarterly. 843.

But Jason Mazzone notes that under the Judiciary Act of 1789, both inferior federal courts and, to some extent, state courts could reach decisions independent of and unappealable to the Supreme Court.

Two-hundred and thirty-five years ago, in September 1789, Congress passed the United States Judiciary Act and George Washington signed it. It established the federal court system and committed ...