...the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous [branch of government], . . . [It] has no influence over either the sword or the purse;...whatever. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the...

...constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them. . . . The judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse,...society, and can take no active resolution whatever. lt may truly be said to have neither Jackson Turner Main, "the argument which developed a hundred years...

...discussion by comparing the three branches of government. The legislature "commands the purse (and) prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated" — it is society's will. The executive "dispenses the honors (and) holds the sword of the community"...

...judgments, even when entered in favor of the Government. Quoting Alexander Hamilton, he observed that "[t]he Judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse. ... It may truly be said to have neither Force nor Will, but merely judgment , and must ultimately...

...constitution; hecause it will he least in a capacity to annoy or injure them. . . . The judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse,...can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly he said to have neither Jackson Turoer Main, "the argoment which developed a hundred years later, that...

...elaborated: The executive not only dispenses the honors but holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse but prescribes the rules...judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over the sword or the purse...155 The judiciary, Hamilton said, 'is beyond comparison the weakest of the...

...always be the least dangerous" branch. In contrast to the other branches of government, the judiciary "has no influence over either the sword or the purse;...society, and can take no active resolution whatever . . . and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments."8...

...somewhat more modest role envisioned for these lawyers by the Founders. "The judiciary ... has ... no direction either of the strength or of the wealth...whatever. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL but merely judgment " The Federalist No. 78, pp. 393-394 (G. Wills ed. 1982). Or, again, to compare...

...US 294, at 301 (1955)).59 It did not happen speedily. After all,judges, as Hamilton assured us, have "no influence over either the sword or the purse;...society; and can take no active resolution whatever" (Federalist #78). At the very least, they need some support — support which did not begin to crystallize...

...104. Ledewitz, "The Uncertain Power of the President to Execute the Laws," 762. 105. "The legislature not only commands the purse but prescribes the rules...and rights of every citizen are to be regulated." Hamilton, Federalist 78. 106. 43 Op. AG no. 29 (1981), reprinted in Shane and Bruff, Separation of...