What did the Judiciary Act of 1879 do?

Question

What did the Judiciary Act of 1879 do?

Answer 1

He was strictly following the Judiciary Act of 1789—a federal law that set up the national court system. That law required cases against high-level federal officials to be filed in the Supreme Court. When it came time to decide the case, Chief Justice John Marshall had a serious dilemma. He sided with Marbury. But Marshall feared that if the Supreme Court ordered Jefferson to give Marbury the job, Jefferson might simply refuse.This would cause lasting damage to the prestige of the Court. So Marshall came up with a clever solution: The Supreme Court’s ruling criticized Jefferson but then dismissed the case on jurisdiction grounds. Although the Judiciary Act of 1879 plainly gave the Court jurisdiction, Marshall concluded that the federal law was unconsti-tutional (in that respect). According to Marshall, Congress had impermissibly expanded the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction beyond the categories of cases mentioned in the Constitution.  

Answer 2

This act established the United States Federal Court System.