Documented Power

Related Historical Documents

 - The Constitution
The text of the Constitution of the United States.

Federalist No. 78
Alexander Hamilton
The argument regarding a weak Supreme Court and a defense of the judicial power under the Constitution.

Antifederalist No. 78-79
Brutus
This prophetic essay, written during the founding era, argues that the Supreme Court would be too powerful as an unchecked judicial body.


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