POLI 325D1 Lecture 7: The Federalist Cool Kids
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#78 question of the precedence having a president is desirable importance of the executive branch to get things done. Hamilton foresaw the potential of the presidential office more than his colleagues anticipated the kind of precedency that would eventually emerge about the judicial branch. Hamilton anticipated under the constitution the potential for the judiciary the judiciary has neither force (like exec. ) or will (like leg. Marbury says many principles are established in pedestrian things. 1800 election, jeffersonian reps. had sweeping win over the federalists party appointing federal judge: selected by pres, confirmation by the senate, must receive an official notice from the gov"t that he has been appointed (a letter of commission)