Editing Andrew Jackson (section)

===Judiciary===
{{Further|List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson}}

Jackson appointed six justices to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Jacobson |first=John Gregory |date=2004 |title=Jackson's judges: Six appointments who shaped a nation |type=PhD dissertation |publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln |access-date=July 18, 2017 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3152613/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330114220/http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3152613/ |archive-date=March 30, 2016 |isbn=978-0-496-13089-4 |id={{ProQuest|305160669}} }}</ref> Most were undistinguished. Jackson nominated Roger B. Taney in January 1835 to the Court in reward for his services, but the nomination failed to win Senate approval.{{sfn|Remini|1984|p=266}}

When Chief Justice Marshall died in 1835, Jackson again nominated Taney for Chief Justice; he was confirmed by the new Senate,{{sfn|Remini|1984|pp=266–268}} [[Taney Court|serving]] as Chief Justice until 1864.{{sfn|Schwartz|1993|pp=73–74}} He was regarded with respect during his career on the bench, but he is most remembered for his widely condemned decision in ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/16/removing-a-slavery-defenders-statue-roger-b-taney-wrote-one-of-supreme-courts-worst-rulings/ |title=Removing a slavery defender's statue: Roger B. Taney wrote one of Supreme Court's worst rulings |last=Brown |first=DeNeen L. |date=August 18, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 29, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110083832/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/16/removing-a-slavery-defenders-statue-roger-b-taney-wrote-one-of-supreme-courts-worst-rulings/ |archive-date=January 10, 2018 }}</ref> On the last day of his presidency, Jackson signed the [[Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837|Judiciary Act of 1837]],{{sfn|Nettels|1925|pp=225–226}} which created two new Supreme Court seats and reorganized the [[United States courts of appeals|federal circuit courts]].{{sfn|Hall|1992|p=475}}