Question

The passage below is from Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 78

"Limitations (on the power of gevernment] ... can be preserved in practice in no other way than
through ...courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor
[obvious meaning] of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or
privileges would amount to nothing."
Based on the passage, what significant power did Alexander Hamilton foresee for the federal courts?
A. judicial activism
B. judicial review
C. stare decisis
D. precedent

Answer 1

The passage below is from Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 78

"Limitations (on the power of gevernment] ... can be preserved in practice in no other way than

through ...courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor

[obvious meaning] of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or

privileges would amount to nothing."

Based on the passage, what significant power did Alexander Hamilton foresee for the federal courts?

Answer:

D. precedent