...other, the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power. The judiciary has no influence over either the sword or the purse,...of the society, and can take no active resolution whatsoever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will but merely judgment, that as from the...

...honors. but also holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse. but also prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights...judiciary. on the contrary. has no influence over cither the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society;...

...and cloistered against political attack. Yet, although protected, they are politically frail. With "no influence over either the sword or the purse;...either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, [exercising] neither force nor will," they can achieve results only through the fragile weapons of...

...McClellan eds. 2001). Hamilton made this observation because, as he pointed out, "the judiciary... has no influence over either the sword or the purse;...direction either of the strength or of the wealth of society; and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to haw neither FORCE nor...

...three departments of power. The judiciary has no influence over either the sword or the purse. . . and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will but merely judgment; ..." [emphasis added.] The Founders, in their wisdom, recognized that power...

...described the judiciary as the "least dangerous" and "weakest" of the three branches. The judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have...

...the executive branch: 'The judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse . . . and can take no active resolution 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...

...in the Constitution] was a simple one. The Legislature would be possessed of power to "prescrib[e] the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated," but the power of "[t]he interpretation of the laws" would be "the proper and peculiar province of the...

...them. 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...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...

...6. See Federalist 78, at 465 (Alexander Hamilton) (Clinton Rossiter, ed., 1999) ("The judiciary ... has no influence over either the sword or the purse;...society, and can take no active resolution whatever."). 7. This alternate story is elaborated upon in Barry Friedman, Mediated Popular Constitutionalism, 101...