The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 81 · paragraph 10

Having now examined, and, I trust, removed the objections to the distinct and independent organization of the Supreme Court, I proceed to consider the propriety of the power of constituting inferior courts, and the relations which will subsist between these and the former.

Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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