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==No. 78: Judiciary== | ==No. 78: Judiciary== | ||
In Federalist Number 78, Alexander Hamilton writes the first essay in this series concerning the Judicial branch. According to Hamilton, "the judiciary...will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution."<ref>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed78.asp</ref> | In Federalist Number 78, Alexander Hamilton writes the first essay in this series concerning the Judicial branch. According to Hamilton, "the judiciary...will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution."<ref>https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed78.asp</ref> | ||
Hamilton describes the Judiciary as "the weakest of the three departments of power... it is in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its co-ordinate branches." | Hamilton describes the Judiciary as "the weakest of the three departments of power... it is in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its co-ordinate branches." |