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sep 24, 1789 - Judiciary Act

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Officially titled "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States", signed by president George Washington. Article III of the Constitution established a Supreme Court (with six Justices), but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed.

John Jay appointed first chief justice of the SCOTUS.

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sep 24, 1789
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