Article III, Section 1, of the Confederate States Constitution of 1862 allowed for the creation of a Supreme Court of the Confederate States. The appropriate language read: "The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."