...to deny the correctness of Yates'interpretation of the judiciary's position. Instead, he argued that "the complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution." 141 Hamilton explained that a limited constitution means one that limits the legislature by containing...

...branches" (No. 78, at 466). Some method of fortifying the judiciary must therefore be devised because "[t]he complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution" (No. 78, at 466). The "courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution...

...deny the correctness of Yates' interpretation of the judiciary's position. Instead, he argued that "the complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution."141 Hamilton explained that a limited constitution means one that limits the legislature...

...was "in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its coordinate branches ... , nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office." He added that if the courts "are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against...

...Constitution, offered justification for an independent judiciary in the 78th paper of The Federalist. He wrote, "The complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution." Hamilton claimed that only an independent judicial branch of government would be able to impartially...

...Hamilton agreed that the federal courts would possess the power to void unconstitutional acts of Congress. The complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative...

...as well as legislative aggrandizement. 10 This comes from the man who insisted in Federalist 78 that "the complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution." 11 Public law scholars—and especially legal scholars—remain fixated on Federalist 78, insisting...

...was "in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its coordinate branches ... , nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office." He added that if the courts "are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against...

...in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed or influenced by its coordinate branches; and that as nothing can contribute so much to its firmness...justly regarded as an indispensable ingredient in its 10. The celebrated Montesquieu speaking of them says, "of the three powers above mentioned, the JUDICIARY...

...importance of an independem judiciary. Alexander Hamilton, in the "Federalist No. 78," obseryed that "the complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution"; and James Madison, often called the Father of the Constitution, described an independent judiciary...