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Judiciary Act of 1789

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Oct 3, 2026

Thomas FreemanHOST
12:33
After the revolution, the pattern spread.
Thomas FreemanHOST
12:35
The Judiciary Act of 1789 was one of the first laws that new Congress passed.
Thomas FreemanHOST
12:45
created the federal court system, the Office of Attorney General, and a federal attorney in each district.
Thomas FreemanHOST
12:52
The Department of Justice itself would not exist until around 1870.
Michael PopokHOST
29:33
And by the way, they weren't even, all right, they're a co-equal branch of government because it says Article III, but they were in the basement of the white of Congress until the 1950s.
Michael PopokHOST
29:43
And they only exist the way they exist and are funded through Congress and Judiciary Acts.
Michael PopokHOST
29:51
So let's just change the Judiciary Act when the Democrats are in power and let's fix the effing court.
Lisa GravesGUEST
29:57
Yeah, I think all options should be on the table in terms of this reform.
Lisa GravesGUEST
2:22
Congress has always been in the process of helping to regulate the Supreme Court.
Lisa GravesGUEST
2:26
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the Article III courts, the lower courts, and Congress has set rules for quorums for the US Supreme Court.
Lisa GravesGUEST
2:37
Congress has passed laws about the ethics for all government employees in Congress, in the executive branch and the judiciary, including an act from 1978 that these justices are supposed to follow every single year in filing financial disclosures.
Lisa GravesGUEST
2:53
But Sam Alito has recently claimed.
Ben KleinermanHOST
62:11
I'm not sure he's worse than him.
Carson HollowayGUEST
62:15
Whoever drafted the Judiciary Act, maybe.
Carson HollowayGUEST
62:17
I don't know.
Carson HollowayGUEST
62:18
I don't have a favorite legislator.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:04
I think the most important thing to understand about CASA and cases coming after CASA is what the court left available to plaintiffs.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:11
So the court's holding was specific to the statutory interpretation of the Judiciary Act.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:17
It's not a constitutional holding.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:18
It doesn't foreclose courts from even granting universal injunctions as long as there's a statute that authorizes that relief.

21 MINS LATER

Matt GregoryGUEST
25:11
So it's important to be thinking in the long term when you're thinking about litigation, not just of the rules that you want to challenge, but of the rules that you like and you want to potentially defend.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:20
So let's talk about post-casa, and let's go back to what you were saying, Matt.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:26
I didn't hear a lot of discussion about vacatur, which I think is going to be one of the big issues is, you know, CASA is about nationwide injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:38
Vacatur often is under the APA, not the Judiciary Act.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:04
I think the most important thing to understand about CASA and cases coming after CASA is what the court left available to plaintiffs.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:11
So the court's holding was specific to the statutory interpretation of the Judiciary Act.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:17
It's not a constitutional holding.
Matt GregoryGUEST
4:18
It doesn't foreclose courts from even granting universal injunctions as long as there's a statute that authorizes that relief.

21 MINS LATER

Matt GregoryGUEST
25:11
So it's important to be thinking in the long term when you're thinking about litigation, not just of the rules that you want to challenge, but of the rules that you like and you want to potentially defend.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:20
So let's talk about post-casa, and let's go back to what you were saying, Matt.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:26
I didn't hear a lot of discussion about vacatur, which I think is going to be one of the big issues is, you know, CASA is about nationwide injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Aaron NielsonMODERATOR
25:38
Vacatur often is under the APA, not the Judiciary Act.
speaker_1NARRATOR
7:38
Finality as a condition of review is an historic characteristic of federal appellate procedure.
speaker_1NARRATOR
7:44
Originating in the first Judiciary Act of seventeen eighty-nine, the finality requirement is now codified in twenty-eight United States Code Section twelve ninety-one.
speaker_1NARRATOR
7:54
The courts of appeals, that section provides, have jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the district courts, and a decision generally is final under Section twelve ninety-one only when it resolves the entire case, when it ends the litigation, on the merits or otherwise, and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.
speaker_1NARRATOR
8:15
That final judgment rule, by preventing piecemeal appeals, promotes the efficient administration of justice and preserves the proper balance between trial and appellate courts.
BruceNARRATOR
26:02
On September 24th, 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the National Anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players' protests in a speech and a series of tweets.
BruceNARRATOR
26:19
Also on this date, in 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America's federal court system and creating the post of Attorney General.
BruceNARRATOR
26:36
In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as Black Friday.
BruceNARRATOR
26:45
after financiers Jay Gold and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
BruceNARRATOR
26:02
On September 24th, 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the National Anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players' protests in a speech and a series of tweets.
BruceNARRATOR
26:19
Also on this date, in 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America's federal court system and creating the post of Attorney General.
BruceNARRATOR
26:36
In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as Black Friday.
BruceNARRATOR
26:45
after financiers Jay Gold and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
Rick SmithHOST
7:47
On this day in labor history, the year was 1789.
Rick SmithHOST
7:50
Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Rick SmithHOST
7:53
This act established the plan for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Rick SmithHOST
7:57
At first, the court was comprised of just six justices, appointed by the president with Senate confirmation.

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