<span>the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.</span>
The Judiciary Act of 1789, officially titled "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States," was signed into law by President George Washington on September 24, 1789. Article III of the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed.
This lesson explains the impact of Plessy v<span>. </span>Ferguson<span>, an important Supreme Court </span>decision<span> made in 1896. The Court </span>ruled<span> on the concept of 'separate but equal' and set back civil rights in the United States for decades to come.</span>
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