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  2. Judiciary Act of 1789 - Wikipedia

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    The Act also created a United States Attorney and a United States Marshal for each judicial district. [5] The Judiciary Act of 1789 included the Alien Tort Statute, now codified as 28 U.S.C. § 1350, which provides jurisdiction in the district courts over lawsuits by aliens for torts in violation of the law of nations or treaties of the United ...

  3. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

  4. List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901 - Wikipedia

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    Laws of the United States, giving effect to, in North Carolina. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the state of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Sess. 2, ch. 1 1 Stat. 99: 2: March 1, 1790: Census of 1790. An Act providing for the enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States. (Census of 1790)

  5. Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) [1] to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.

  6. 1st United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    July 27, 1789: United States Department of State was established, originally named the Department of Foreign Affairs, ch. 4, 1 Stat. 28. July 31, 1789: Regulation of the Collection of Duties on Tonnage and Merchandise, ch.5, 1 Stat. 29, which established the United States Customs Service and its ports of entry.

  7. Decision of 1789 - Wikipedia

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    United States, Chief Justice William H. Taft, writing for the majority, used the Decision of 1789 as support for broad presidential removal powers. [11] More recently, Chief Justice John Roberts used the Decision of 1789 in both Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and Seila Law LLC v.

  8. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788.

  9. 1789 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    February 4 – George Washington is unanimously elected the first president of the United States by the United States Electoral College. March 4 – At Federal Hall in New York City, the 1st United States Congress meets and declares the new United States Constitution to be in effect. March 29 – Thomas Collins, President of Delaware, dies in ...