Article III Section 1, prohibits reducing the pay of judges. However, Congress has the authority to abolish part or all of the federal judiciary and create a new judiciary. Jefferson did it in 1802, and Lincoln did it for the DC District during the Civil War.
Thanks. I was not familiar with that.
The DC and NYC courts have to be reined in. They’re wasting way too much of our tax dollars and they’re overstepping their authority.
It’s time to crack down. We can defund it by reducing the number of courts / judges in the district. A lot of the federal cases can be heard in states instead of in just DC and NYC.
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Article III, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states:
“The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”
This provision grants Congress the power to create and organize inferior courts, but it does not explicitly give Congress the authority to abolish the judiciary or to eliminate the Supreme Court.
However, Congress does have significant authority over the federal judiciary. Specifically:
Inferior Courts: Congress has the power to create, regulate, and eliminate inferior courts (i.e., all federal courts below the Supreme Court), as it deems necessary.
Supreme Court: The Constitution specifically states that there shall be one Supreme Court, but it does not say Congress can abolish it. While Congress has some authority to regulate the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, its abolition would likely require a constitutional amendment rather than ordinary legislation.
So, while Congress does have significant power over the structure and organization of the federal judiciary, it does not have the authority to abolish the entire federal judiciary or to eliminate the Supreme Court. Such an action would likely be unconstitutional or require a constitutional amendment.