Judiciary Act Of 1789: A Historical Analysis

The Judicial Branch is the balancing factor of the Government. It is the listener of the people of the US and it decides on all matters regarding the people. It "interprets the nation's law" (World Book 141). Being able to interpret the law gives the Judicial branch a special kind of power. One of which the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch do not possess. The Judicial branch decides when a law has been broken, to what extent, and how to punish the criminal act. And that is what makes it the strongest branch.

When the Framers of the Constitution met in Philadelphia, they came together with one common purpose in mind. They needed to form a fair and solid system of government that would stand the test of time; one that was both fair for the people and would not involve a monarchy. Each of these men had their own ideas on what would constitute this system, however, so many compromises had to be made. Together, the men gathered in Philadelphia created a federal system of government and drafted a constitution outlining this government. They took care in developing three branches of federal government with a system of checks and balances so that no one branch would gain too much power, thus avoiding any

After winning the Revolutionary War, the states faced the strenuous task of creating a national government that balanced federal powers with individual and state rights. The first endeavor resulted in the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states and not enough power to the federal government. The imbalance of power resulted in a weak national government. The Constitution replaced the feeble Articles with a powerful federal government that incorporated republican ideals. Under this new system of government George Washington and Thomas Jefferson established new procedures, laws, and policies that set the standards and structured the new government. The laws, policies, and actions of both George

George Washington, The first U.S. president, created a cabinet in 1789. A cabinet is a different use of government. New York the brand new government acted fast to make the nation's financial structure increase. The government assumed that the revolutionary war debt the states and the government. The debts paid for a program through new taxes and tariffs. The tax on whiskey was a revolt that the tariffs and taxes led it to, the president got a army and suppressed the tax on whiskey revolt. After that the government adopted the Bill of rights as the ten amendments for the constitution. The federal judiciary was established by the judiciary act of 1789. The Judiciary act of 1789 also establish the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court began to be

The Legislative branch was formed in 1789 with the 1st congress. The first congress contained 65 representatives, 37 of them were pro-administration and 28 of them were anti-administration.(About the First Federal Congress (1789-1791). Also there were 26 senators.(“About the First Federal Congress (1789-1791”) The role of this congress was to demonstrate the US constitution 's framework. This congress also helped to answer questions and address the concerns that were brought about during ratification. The 1st Congress set up the rules and procedures for the House and the Senate. The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate were established by the congress. This congress was tasked with taking care of revolutionary war debt and the deciding where the future Capital would be located, however, they never established the location

Before the constitution became the law of the land there was the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States, and the first form of government established by the U.S. Under the Articles of Confederation the government consisted of a congress of delegates chosen by state legislatures. Congress was also unicameral, or a single house legislature. Each state had the same amount of power regardless of size or population. The powers to make, administer, and enforce laws were all placed with Congress. The government did not consist of a President or executive branch, instead the executive power was spread among several committees of congressmen. The articles granted certain limited powers to Congress. The Congress could not raise money through taxes, therefore it relied on contributions from the states, which was not reliable. Passing laws required approval of at least nine of the thirteen states, and amending a document required approval of all thirteen states. Congress had no power to regulate trade between the states or internationally. There was no national army, so the government relied on the individual states to establish a military.

The Third Article of the United States Constitution set up the Judicial Branch. Section One of the Article set up the Judicial Branch with “one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” It also stated that the judges in the Court can only hold office in good behavior with a compensation that is unchanging at anytime in the Court. During their time in office, that is. The Second Section of the Constitution brings to mention the fact that the power that the Judicial Branch has goes to anyone. All cases brought under the Constitution of the United States of America are seen in Court. It also talks about criminal cases having a trial by jury. This not including impeachment trials. The

After many years of fighting for independence, America needed a break from any type of government. Well you see in order to have a functioning country you need some type of functioning government. When the idea of a government came up many were fearful of what could happen. What if they resorted back to the old ways? What if all those years of fighting for independence were for nothing? Congress had to start somewhere. And in November 1777, The Articles of Confederation were accepted. “The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 5, 1777.” The main purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to have something to hold on to while America set up. However there Articles did not deal very well with state things. Such as dealing with foreign relations and economic conditions. When accepted the Articles were only to work under certain conditions. Conditions being those such as not interfering with other states and their commerce. Or states that had not paid if war debts. Out of fear of becoming their enemy they thought that it was a good idea. Congress created many departments and one of them was the Department of

     In the hot, humid summer of 1787 state delegates met for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and drafted a new frame of government for the United States: the United States Constitution. A new federal system of government was set forth which distributed powers between the state and federal government and created three branches of government as checks and balances for each other. The new Constitution also gave the new government the power to both tax and regulate commerce.

George Washington called for a convention in late May 1787; in order speak about the nation 's political and economical problems and revise the Articles. Delegates from eleven out of the thirteen states attended this convention. They decided on a government consisting of three branches: legislative (Congress), executive (the President), and judicial (Supreme Court). These branches were under the checks-and-balances in order to maintain balance in powers and to prevent tyranny in the country. The Great Compromise solved the issue that arose between the delegates that believed the separation of powers into three different branches would ensure that the United States would not become another monarchy.

In 1789, Congress made up three departments in the executive branch of government. Two groups comprised in the Judiciary act with the act it established a Federal court with 13 district courts/three circuit courts serve the nation. Hamilton proposed that a new government pay’s off the millions of dollars in debts owed by Confederation government to other countries and individual Americans. Hamilton thought that the federal payment of states debts would give the states a strong interest in the success of the national government. When the government had to borrow money during American Revolution, it had issued bonds--paper notes promising to repay the money in a certain length of time. Original bond owners felt betrayed by the government because they had lost money on their bonds while new bond owners profited. Hamilton agreed to a proposal from Southern leaders to locate the new nation’s capital in South after moving to Philadelphia while workmen prepared the new city for the federal government. In 1790 revenue from tariffs provided 90 percent of the national government’s income.

After the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the United States Government was reorganized under the Constitution. This gave the federal government far more power than did the Articles of Confederation, which invested power within the states. Basically, the Constitution created three branches of government (Executive, Judicial, and Legislative) which would work together to run the government. To make sure that there was an equal balance of power among the branches, a system of checks and balances was devised so that each branch could limit the power of the others. It is important to note that "the doctrine of separation of powers is not established by any constitutional provision [but] rather it emerges from he framers'

After the Revolutionary War, it was determined that the current lack of government was a problem.  Therefore, in 1777 the Articles of Confederation was established. A government system was needed to establish the authority of the Continental Congress. Once the document was created it was displayed to the individual states. It was mandatory that all states agreed to the Articles of Confederation before the rules could be placed into action. The idea of the article was that the states would own and control the majority of their own government regulations. Most people feared the control of a single power government system, therefore, the federal government held little power. The federal government quietly served as a common ground for representatives

Just like today’s age, in the 1790’s, people questioned, worried and devoted themselves to politics wanting make sure America could pull the nation together. The new government started developing deciding what was important. In 1788 they had the first federal election and had the tasks of: setting a system of the federal court, secure Bill of Rights, establish the executive department and raise the revenue. This led to George Washington becoming president; who appointed Thomas Jefferson first secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton the Treasury Secretary (Schultz, 2013).

During the beginning of the United States, many changes were brought upon the government, the most prominent one being the Constitution. When America had just been founded, the first government put into place was the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation created a weak central government by providing more power to the states and their people. Quickly discovering the articles were unable to provide a strong government for the United States, the Constitutional Convention was created to compose a new government system. Together, the Constitutional Convention created the United States Constitution. The Constitution used checks and balances to ensure none of the three branches of government abused their power. Eventually, the