Monthly Archives: May 2009

Federalist Nos. 78 – 79

Posted on 2009-05-04 by David

I had always been taught that the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches were fundamentally equal in power within the federal government (checks and balances etc.) but Federalist No. 78 says otherwise: the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the … Continue reading →

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Judicial Appointment

Posted on 2009-05-01 by David

Yesterday I wrote about the president’s power to nominate people for important positions in government. Today we get the news that Justice David Souter will be retiring.  (This is doubly convenient as the remaining federalist papers deal with the judicial … Continue reading →

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