The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 81 · paragraph 11

The power of constituting inferior courts is evidently calculated to obviate the necessity of having recourse to the Supreme Court in every case of federal cognizance. It is intended to enable the national government to institute or AUTHORUZE, in each State or district of the United States, a tribunal competent to the determination of matters of national jurisdiction within its limits.

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