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diff --git a/rich/25_courts b/rich/25_courts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d474467 --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/25_courts @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The Supreme Court has the highest support of the American People +- Least visible +- Assumed to be nonpolitical and objective +- But they ARE political actors + +Federalist 78 +- Hamilton: "[the court] will always be the least dangerous to the + political rights of the Constitution." + - Since they have "no influence over the sword or the purse" + - Strictly dependent + - On the executive for enforcement + - And on legis for appropriations and rules + - Means it doesn't need to be elected/representative + - Independent protectors can be nominated for life +But it might not really be as weak/unpotent as Hamilton believed. |