
Carrie D. answered 10/11/21
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(just a note regarding the idea that the judicial branch is the most powerful: it is not. There are multiple ways that both Congress and the President can check the behaviors of the Supreme Court, but do know that they have stepped outside of the founder's vision by clearly making political decisions. When they were making decisions that expanded the rights of minorities women and voting citizens I thought that was a good thing. I do not think that so much anymore.) Additionally, the Supreme Court is not democratically elected and members are allowed to serve for life. The two other branches of government are subject to the will of the majority of the population and can be removed from office via ongoing elections. Over time, the political party doing the complaining about this branch of government will vary depending on whether you have a very conservative or liberal set of justices. The Supreme Court likes to say that it does not make decisions based on political influence, but rest assured that it does. Many examples of this come to mind such as plessy versus ferguson, brown versus the Topeka board of education, roe versus wade, bush versus gore, lochner, and the list goes on and on.
Leah S.
Your point of the judicial branch being the most powerful out of the branches is completely inaccurate, as federalist paper 10 specially states that it has the least power. Most definitely not the most. This is because judges can not examine cases being unconstitutional until it has been brought to court. Therefore, the judicial branch is the least powerful, making the executive and legislative overrule as the creator and enforcer.02/14/20