constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme ... rather than appellate hierarchy; Virginia, for example, had four “supreme” courts, with a complex of relations among them.) ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday drew attention to Congress’s power over the federal judiciary as Republicans plot how ...

The Constitution called for the creation of the Supreme Court, but inferior courts were left to Congress's discretion. From early on in the Republic, it was understood that the Supreme Court ...