...Constitution, prepared by that great convention, presided over by George Washington. Hamilton says : "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...

...reduced during their terms of office. Hamilton explains the reason for these provisions as follows: "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...

...was the view of practically all contemporary statesmen of importance. Thus Alexander Hamilton said: "The complete independence of the courts of justice...essential in a limited constitution. . . . Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice in no other way than through the medium of courts of justice,...

...Notwithstanding such frustration, we should be mindful of Alexander Hamilton's admonition almost 200 years ago: "The complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution .... "If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited constitution...

...Number 78 which has always been taken as proof that he fully embraced horizontal constitutional review: 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...

...358 US 1, 18(1958). 52 The Federalist No. 81 , supra note 24, at 483. 53 Thus, Hamilton emphasized: "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...

...Government, immune from the day-to-day influence of the political branches. Alexander Hamilton wrote: 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...

...Number 78 which has always been taken as proof that he fully embraced horizontal constitutional review: The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in • limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified...

...legislative and executive powers."" Id., quoting Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Thus, he concluded: "The complete independence of the courts of justice...is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution." Id. It was in recognition of the inherent weakness of the judiciary, particularly as contrasted with...

...authority. Federalist Number 78 formed the conceptual heart of Hamilton's attitude toward the judiciary: "The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution."46 Arguing for judicial review of legislation's constitutionality, he denied that such...