<P> In Federalist No. 78 , Hamilton said that the Judiciary branch of the proposed government would be the weakest of the three branches because it had `` no influence over either the sword or the purse , ... It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL , but merely judgment . '' Federalist No. 78 quotes Montesquieu : `` Of the three powers ( ... ) , the judiciary is next to nothing . '' There was little concern that the judiciary might be able to overpower the political branches ; since Congress controlled the flow of money and the President the military , courts did not have nearly the same clout from a constitutional design standpoint . The Judiciary would depend on the political branches to uphold its judgments . Legal academics often argue over Hamilton 's description of the judiciary as the `` least dangerous '' branch . Hamilton also explains how federal judges should retain life terms as long as those judges exhibit good behavior . </P>
<P> In Federalist No. 78 , Hamilton said that the Judiciary branch of the proposed government would be the weakest of the three branches because it had `` no influence over either the sword or the purse , ... It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL , but merely judgment . '' Federalist No. 78 quotes Montesquieu : `` Of the three powers ( ... ) , the judiciary is next to nothing . '' There was little concern that the judiciary might be able to overpower the political branches ; since Congress controlled the flow of money and the President the military , courts did not have nearly the same clout from a constitutional design standpoint . The Judiciary would depend on the political branches to uphold its judgments . Legal academics often argue over Hamilton 's description of the judiciary as the `` least dangerous '' branch . Hamilton also explains how federal judges should retain life terms as long as those judges exhibit good behavior . </P>
according to federalist 78 what part of the government is the weakest
according to federalist 78 what part of the government is the weakest
Judiciary branch
Judiciary branch