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Why was the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 significant?

It made crimes related to slavery enforceable by law.
It established the trial by jury system that we know today.
It was the first decision by the nation's new Supreme Court.
It was the first time the Supreme Court overruled Congress and the Presiden

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expanded federal jurisdiction, eliminated supreme court justices circuit court duties, and created 16 federal circuit court judgeships

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