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History Of The Judicial Branch

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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 …show more content…

This person is the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice and eight other associate judges are on the Supreme Court. They are the ones that look over the cases under the United States Constitution. The current Chief Justice is John Glover Roberts Jr. He is the seventeenth and most current person in this position. In 2005, he came into office after being nominated and approved by Congress during the time when George W. Bush was in office. The first Supreme Court Justice took office in 1789. His name was John Jay and he accepted the offer to take the position when offered it by George Washington. Congress approved him later in the year and he stayed in office until 1795. There have been many more Chief Justices in the United States Supreme Court with a current number of seventeen and with more to come. The Judicial Branch has opened up opportunities for the country of the United States of America in many ways. The Judicial Branch has found new ways to affect our society. They are meant to interpret the laws for our country. They do this to ensure our country is being protected by the

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