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... Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

This week, episode 360, the Judiciary Act of 1789. Last week, we covered the establishment of the executive branch

with the appointments of Secretaries of War, State, and Treasury, as well as an Attorney General.

This week, we take a look at the establishment of the federal court system. The first bill

introduced in the new U.S. Senate was the Judiciary Act.

The Constitution had given relatively little details on what the court system should look like.

One reason for the vagueness was that the convention delegates did not seem to agree

and figured it would be better to leave that debate up to the legislature.

Well, now it was the legislature that had to fill in those details.

The Judiciary Act became Senate Bill No. 1, and was introduced on April 7, 1789,

the second day that the Senate had finally gotten its quorum to begin business.

The first day had been taken up with confirming the Electoral College vote for George Washington and electing its officers,

including Senator John Langdon of New Hampshire, who became the first president pro tempore

of the Senate. It was important to get the courts up and running, but drafting the details of the

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