Federalist 80: The Jurisdiction of the Judiciary
Our modern beliefs suppose that the third branch of government has unlimited authority to make pronouncements. But that is not the case nor was it the intent of the Founding Fathers.
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Our modern beliefs suppose that the third branch of government has unlimited authority to make pronouncements. But that is not the case nor was it the intent of the Founding Fathers.
After Hamilton’s introduction to the Judiciary in Federalist 78, he digs a bit deeper into the subject here.
The nomination by the President, and the advice and consent role of the Senate, are designed to ensure that only the most qualified people even receive a nomination, let alone be confirmed as Justices.
Don Surber takes us through another week of the summer doldrums of news cycles. He’ll make you laugh, think and understand the media better than the institution knows itself. Enjoy!
A constitutional republic depends not only on honest elections, but on public confidence that elections are honest. When that trust disappears, every law, every court decision, and every elected official begins to lose legitimacy. The greatest threat to America’s future may not be violence or foreign enemies, but the slow erosion of faith in the electoral process itself. Without legal, transparent, and trustworthy elections, there can be no democracy—and no republic worth preserving.
America’s next great divide may not be red versus blue. It may be the people who benefit from artificial intelligence versus the people forced to host its infrastructure. Across rural America, communities are being asked to accept massive data centers, increased power demands, and growing water consumption in the name of national security and the AI race with China. Meanwhile, the economic benefits often flow elsewhere. As politicians, tech companies, and investors promise prosperity and strategic advantage, local residents are left asking a simple question: who gets the rewards, and who carries the burden? The emerging battle over data centers is about far more than technology—it’s about trust, fairness, and whether rural America is a partner in the future or merely the place where the future gets built.
‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s, D-Texas, comments on the murder weapon in the Karmelo Anthony case.
The Framers decided the best way to choose Ambassadors, Justices and Ministers was for a single person to nominate and a larger group to approve.
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, in his dissent to 1949 Terminiello v. Chicago decision wrote: “The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” Maybe yes, and maybe no. It will depend on how the Supreme Court interprets the 14th Amendment to decide the Trump v. Barbara case.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been seated a long time. Since 1991 – thirty-five years and counting. That entire time? He has been almost inarguably its most stringently Constitutional and conservative member.
I remember a lawyer friend about two decades ago comparing-and-contrasting Thomas and then-Court-mate and conservative icon – the late Antonin Scalia.
My friend pointed out that when Thomas and Scalia disagreed on a case? Thomas was correct – and Scalia incorrect.
The Dems have indicated they wish to increase the number of SCOTUS justices if they win mid-term congressional majority. The Constitution does not specify the number of justices, nor does it explicitly forbid or permit additional or fewer Justices (historically there have been 6,7,9 even 10).
SPLC Interim CEO Bryan Fair refuses to say if he regrets having Charlie Kirk on the group’s hate list.
Every few years, we’re told the next gun law will finally make us safe. A new ban. A new restriction. A new list of prohibited features. Yet criminals continue doing what criminals have always done—ignoring the law. The never-ending gun control saga isn’t really about stopping crime anymore; it’s about regulating the tools of people who already follow the rules. When lawmakers focus on trigger bars, magazine capacities, and cosmetic features instead of violent offenders, many Americans see a troubling pattern: the target keeps moving, the promises never materialize, and freedom gets chipped away one regulation at a time. The tool was never the problem. The human using it was.
In keeping with the “move on” narrative concocted by Democrat activists during the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998 to protect Bill Clinton from impeachment, Democrats in 2024 probably thought they had successfully delayed, obfuscated, covered up, and pushed past various statutes of limitations for potential crimes associated with the scandals detailed in Part I of this series.
Muslim population in the USA is 1%, in MN is 2-3%. Based upon their names, 8 of 15 fraud defendants are Muslims. Dem Machine in MN set up a massive scheme whereby tax $$$, mostly from federal taxpayers, were funneled to Somali fraudsters instead of the vulnerable Americans.
Thomas has helped the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, in place since 2020, to act assertively. On back-to-back days in June 2022, he was the author of a landmark ruling expanding gun rights and joined other conservative justices in overturning Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide.
President Asterisk didn’t appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson (KBJ) to the Supreme Court for her intellectual prowess, legal acumen, or incisive jurisprudence. He appointed her for the sole reason that she is a black woman. He even said so … with pride. Well, Justice Jackson has become a testament to DEI – just not in the …
It is time to indict all those who have committed treason against our country and citizens. See our books “Beyond Treason” and the “Dismantling of America “. They cannot go unpunished! Well, let’s examine and analyze treason and what it is! Americans have waited long enough for the DOJ to indict, arrest, and court-martial those who have committed treason against America and its people.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha reacts to Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna and former Vice President Kamala Harris, reviving calls to expand the Supreme Court on ‘Fox News Live.’
“So long as the judiciary remains truly distinct from both the legislature and the Executive. … [L]iberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have every thing to fear from its union with either of the other departments.” — James Madison, Federalist No. 78