CJ Roberts Starts Off The New Year With An Old Error
As is tradition, Chief Justice Roberts released his year-end report. On page 2, there is a glaring error:
After securing independence, the fledgling United States did not immediately set about creating a national judiciary. Indeed, among the many defects of the Articles of Confederation, the absence of any mention of a judicial branch—or judges at all—seems particularly glaring.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 remedied that oversight.
A simple CTRL-F of the word “judge” and “court” in the Articles proves this statement is wrong.
Article IX spells out a fairly involved process for appointing judges to courts to settle disputes over piracies, felonies on the high seas, and captures:
The united states, in congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right
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