blob: d474467fb087d913a9116d60438a893693fc7a9b (
plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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.
|
