Research Paper on the Judicial Branch
On May 28, 1788 Alexander Hamilton wrote the Federalist 78. He stated “The Judiciary…has no influence over the sword or the purse… it may be truly said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment… the judiciary is beyond comparison, the weakest of the three departments of power…” This statement has only grown more valid with each passing year due to biases and inefficiency.
The United States Judicial branch is an inefficient branch of government. It consists of one chief justice, eight associate justices. Once appointed by the president they can only be removed from office by death, impeachment, or retirement. The current system today is still the slow inefficient branch that it was when it was founded over 223 years ago. The duties include the following: “Interpreting state laws, settling legal disputes, determining the innocence of an individual, punishing violators of the law, hearing civil cases, and checking the powers of the legislative and executive branch”(The White House). The speed and presence of bias causes the Judicial Branch to be a weak and inefficient branch of government. The process takes roughly a year for the Supreme Court to make a decision on a case. During the year, they are influenced by social media, as well as others in the court. This makes some of the courts decisions to be biased or influenced which causes some cases to not be fairly tried. The courts often go into gridlock because they often cannot come to a consensus, which causes the process to take even longer.
The Chief Justice John Roberts is a considered a liberal conservative. However the Supreme Court is has a conservative slant, causing John Roberts’s job to be a hard one. Thus causing the Supreme Court to come to a consensus, increasing the time it takes to come to a decision and sometimes forcing the court into gridlock. (Gibson) Alexander Hamilton predicted such faults within the Supreme Court some 200 years ago.
From the very beginning of our democratic
The United States Judicial branch is an inefficient branch of government. It consists of one chief justice, eight associate justices. Once appointed by the president they can only be removed from office by death, impeachment, or retirement. The current system today is still the slow inefficient branch that it was when it was founded over 223 years ago. The duties include the following: “Interpreting state laws, settling legal disputes, determining the innocence of an individual, punishing violators of the law, hearing civil cases, and checking the powers of the legislative and executive branch”(The White House). The speed and presence of bias causes the Judicial Branch to be a weak and inefficient branch of government. The process takes roughly a year for the Supreme Court to make a decision on a case. During the year, they are influenced by social media, as well as others in the court. This makes some of the courts decisions to be biased or influenced which causes some cases to not be fairly tried. The courts often go into gridlock because they often cannot come to a consensus, which causes the process to take even longer.
The Chief Justice John Roberts is a considered a liberal conservative. However the Supreme Court is has a conservative slant, causing John Roberts’s job to be a hard one. Thus causing the Supreme Court to come to a consensus, increasing the time it takes to come to a decision and sometimes forcing the court into gridlock. (Gibson) Alexander Hamilton predicted such faults within the Supreme Court some 200 years ago.
From the very beginning of our democratic