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Federalist Papers 78 And 79: The Judiciary Branch

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The Federalist Papers 78 and 79: The Judiciary Branch After the Revolution, America was in a very bad place. We had recently overthrown what many believed to be a tyranny. While many people argued our government needed more power, they were afraid of giving too much power. Keeping the Articles of Confederation or planning an entire new government was debated. Congress decided we needed a change. The Articles of Confederation was good for that point and time it was created, but however, it was ultimately a failure. The United States had no way to levy taxes, therefore a plan was needed to come up with a way to pay off the debt from the war. Another issue: the inability to make and maintain an army. Our only defense was …show more content…

The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to persuade the people to accept this document that gave the government more power. These papers summarized the need for a stronger central government. While there were others who supported this idea, there were others who feared a stronger central government. These men wrote the Anti-Federalist Papers, documents that were the complete opposite of Federalist views that called for less government than that of the states. A big issue was a decision of whether to use a judiciary system, or …show more content…

That if they had more power than just a simple court they could uphold the values of the country. Yes, there was the threat of abusing power, but it would be highly unlikely given the strict requirements to become a judge should deter anybody with bad intentions from becoming one. The idea was simply that why would someone trying to undermine the government go through the years of education necessary to gain the position. And if they ever did succeed then congress could simply remove them by will of the

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