The Federal Judiciary: Understanding Article 3

Question 1

Article 3 of the Constitution: What does it do,

Answer 1

What its DOES
-Creates a Supreme Court
-Grants Congress power to create federal courts
-Establishes a chief justice

Question 2

Article 3 of the Constitution: what does it fail to do?

Answer 2

What it FAILS to do
-does not outline the power of chief Justice
-does not give any specifics on federal court system
- the number of federal courts.
-does not establish the number of justices
-does not say anything about granting the power of judicial review
Article 3 states NOTHING on these topics

Question 3

Marbury v. Madison: What is its significance?

Answer 3

it created the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review

-it granted itself the power to interpret the constitution