Alexander Hamiltonwrote that the laws are a "dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operations"(writing asPubliusinFederalistNo. 22). Why is this the case? How does the institution of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) perform a function essential to government? How does it relate to the other branches? Elsewhere inThe Federalist,Hamilton writes that, from "the nature of its functions," the judiciary"will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution... It may truly be said to have neitherforcenorwill, but merely judgment" (FederalistNo. 78). Is Hamilton's view correct in your view, today?
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