The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections From the Federalist Papers by Richard Beeman

Author:Richard Beeman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Constitutional History, Political Ideologies, Reference, Democracy, American Government, Constitutional, History & Theory, General, United States, Sources, Constitutions, Political Science, Law, History
ISBN: 9780143118107
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

FEDERALIST NO. 78: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, MAY 28, 1788

“Federalist No. 78” is Alexander Hamilton’s most significant contribution to The Federalist Papers. The principle topic of the essay is the importance of protecting the “weakest of the three departments” of government, the judiciary, from encroachments by the executive and, in particular, the legislative branches. Hamilton’s solution to this problem was to create a judicial branch that could operate as independently of influence from the other two branches of government as possible. The best way to do this, he argues, is to appoint federal judges for a term of “good behaviour”—in effect, for life.

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