Learn about the Judiciary Act of 1789, its definition, significance, and how it shaped the U.S. federal system.

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 ...

Charles Warren, New Light on the History of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Nov., 1923), pp. 49-132 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and ...

A review of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which held that federal district courts’ universal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 27, that federal district courts may not issue “universal” injunctions (the term ...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers a welcome rebuke to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and every other activist judge who thinks it is their job to make law ...

When presidents have tried to make big changes through executive orders, they have often hit a roadblock: A single federal ...

President Donald Trump celebrated after the Supreme Court blocked lower courts from issuing universal injunctions, which have acted as a roadblock for many of his executive orders.

It took the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 to bring the Supreme Court and federal district courts into existence. The court’s first session opened on February 2, 1790, but the justices heard no ...

The Judiciary Act of 1789 required Justices of the Supreme Court to "ride circuit" by traveling great distances to resolve cases on the new circuit courts. See Pub. L. No. 1-20, § 4, 1 Stat. 73 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling limited the ability of lower courts to block federal policies nationwide, giving Trump a legal boost but leaving birthright citizenship laws unchanged—for ...

The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 called for a chief justice and five associate justices. The court didn’t settle into the current lineup of eight associates and a chief until the late 1860s.