Question

Which Founding Father argued that the Supreme Court had power to determine the meaning of the law?

Answer 1

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

Answer 2

Which Founding Father argued that the Supreme Court had power to determine the meaning of the law?

Step-by-step explanation:

Before the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the power of judicial review had been exercised in several states.

These state courts treated state constitutions as statements of applicable law to be interpreted and enforced by judges.

At least seven of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, including Alexander Hamilton and Edmund Randolph, had personal experience with the judicial review because they had been lawyers or judges in these state court cases involving judicial review.

The answer is: Alexander Hamilton and Edmund Randolph.