Alexander Hamilton laid the foundation for the Supreme Court's purpose in his Federalist 78 dissertation. Hamilton stated that the Supreme Court is an "excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body to secure a steady, upright, and impartial administration of the laws." ... The entire purpose of the Court is not to create laws for the people; it is not meant to be an absolute authority or tyrannical power, as is also stated by Hamilton. ... "...as Hamilton put it in The Federalist No. 78, the Court cannot force others to obey its decisions- (Woll 41...

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As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist #74, "The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority"6. This is Hamilton invoking the idea of plenary authority. What this essentially means is that Hamilton would vest in the President complete unitary power to deploy and command the military as he or she sees fit in times of "war". ...

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The Federalist Party was led by Alexander Hamilton. ... Although Hamilton of the Federalist Party argued that the power to create the national bank was implied in the Constitution, the Republicans argued that the power was not explicitly written in the Constitution and therefore had no right to create the bank. ...

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Federalism is a very important and often misunderstood aspect of the American political system. Federalism involves the harmonious distribution of responsibilities and obligations between the states and the federal government. The Constitution set it up and it is the balance of power between each o...

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In 1717, Bishop Hoadly told King George I, "Whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret written or spoken laws; it is he who is truly the lawgiver to all intents and purposes and not the person who wrote or spoke them (Pollack, 153)." Early sentiments similar these have blossomed in to a large s...

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Federalists were angered because, "[Anti-Federalists] had passionately denounced the argument of Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists that there were implied powers in the Constitution that entitled the government to take action in areas not covered in the text of the national charter, (Thomas Fleming, The Louisiana Purchase). ...

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