The Least Dangerous The Supreme BLANCA OT aaa ii kaa ALEXANDER M. BICKELTHE LEAST DANGEROUS BRANCH The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics ALEXANDER M. BICKEL, SECOND EDITION With e new foreword by Harry H., Wellington Yale University Press New Haven snd Landonnt pied ny te eb Mert Campy. anh © yh iter Comp oe ‘api © 186g An ee ‘Ag ered ring, mayne at ‘yi ered by See Tan 18 ‘tibeS Cope Laval ney ‘evmwe rt bl pen wit ‘ten prma om Cong cle ct mater 1-58 “Whoever tesively consider the diferent departments of power ust peraive, tht ins government in which they are separated From eachother, the jd, from the nature of its functions, ‘wl ane be the last dangerous to the pital rights of the ‘Conttton; beesse it wil be lest fs eapacty to annoy or Injre them, The Exeetive not only dispenses the honors, but Ils the sword ofthe omemniy. The leislte ot only com- ‘ands the prs, but peste the rules by which the dies and Fights of very einen ae tobe regulated. The judy, om the enfrery bas no influence over eter the sword or the pure; m0 ‘drecton either ofthe strength or of the wealth ofthe society, Std ean tke no active reauton whatever. Temay truly be said Ihave netber FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and ust tate, depend wpon the ld ofthe executive arm even forthe ‘Biacy of Jadgzents ALEXANDER HAMILTON, {in the Th Feoemsr, “The Jodges as Gunde ofthe Conttaton™