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naah: 10 months ago

Why did it take an act of Congress to establish the Supreme Court

A. The Constitution called for the establishment of a system of courts, but it did not provide a specific set of instructions for how that would be done.
B. President Washington could not decide who would sit on the Supreme Court.
C. The states could not agree on the number of justices that would serve on the court.
D. No act of Congress was required. The Supreme Court had been established under the Articles of Confederation.

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rachel_jenn: 10 months ago

The establishment of the supreme court was not under the congress. It was introduced under the Article of the Confederation, which was the Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.

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naah: 10 months ago

that's not what my books says

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