War Democrat (constitutionalist) de facto President Andrew Johnson (a Citizen of the confederate State of Tennessee) signs the Judiciary Act of 1866, reducing the number of Supreme Court Justices to nine which prevents him from appointing two new Justices.
[restored 4/24/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article III, Section 1
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References:
Judiciary Act of 1866, 14 Public Statutes at Large 209 (1866).
Rexford G. Tugwell, The Emerging Constitution, (New York: Harper’s Magazine, 1974), 467.