The constitution made no mention of how many justices should sit on the supreme court. which statement regarding how the number of justices is set is true?
a the first congress set the number of justices as a part of the judiciary act of 1789.
b the constitution gives the executive branch the authority to set the number of justices.
c the country votes every six years on the number of justices that will make up the court.
d the number of justices is set by a vote from influential judges in the different constitutional courts.

The Constitution made no mention of how many justices should sit on the Supreme Court  but the first Congress set the number of justices as a part of the Judiciary Act of 1789.

Further Explanations:

The Supreme Court or the Federal court” of America have authorities regarding the citizen's autonomist that are limited through the Bill of Rights and are limited by the State government. Supreme Court exercises both Appellate and Original Jurisdiction above the constitutional issues and Lower courts. It can also bind the state government to the state's constitution through Supreme law.

In the Judiciary Federal Judges are employed by the President to the Federal court but their number is not specified in the constitution at the stage of its framing. It was through first Congress, numbers of Justices were justified through the Judiciary acts of 1789. Congress specified that the central judiciary and 13 other Courts in each district.

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Grade: High School

Subject: History

Chapter: Supreme Court

Keywords:

Supreme Court, Federal court, Appellate, Original Jurisdiction, constitutional, Lower courts, Supreme law, Bill of Rights, judicial, constitution, State court, President, Judiciary acts of 1789,First Congress

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