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This Day in Legal History: Tenth Circuit Act
On March 3, 1863, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1863, quietly reshaping the structure of the United States Supreme Court in the middle of the Civil War. The Act increased the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to ten. This expansion created an additional seat that President Abraham Lincoln could fill at a critical moment in the nation’s history. Lincoln soon appointed Justice Stephen J. Field to occupy the new position.
The timing of the law was not accidental. The country was deeply divided, and major constitutional questions about…
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