Federalist No. 78.¶
Hamilton, A. (1788). Federalist No. 78. The Federalist Papers.
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- Editorial Independence
- The firewalls are the classic guarantees: secure tenure (life appointment or removal only for cause by a supermajority, so a displeased executive cannot fire a judge for an unwelcome ruling), irreducible salary (compensation that cannot be cut as punishment), and defined jurisdiction insulating which cases a judge hears from political gerrymandering.
This sourceArgues for judicial independence through life tenure ("good behaviour") and protected, irreducible compensation as structural guarantees against executive and legislative pressure.
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The page supports good-behavior tenure and non-diminishable pay, but not a supermajority removal rule or jurisdiction insulated from gerrymandering; pay appears in No. 79, not No. 78.
“shall at STATED TIMES receive for their services a compensation which shall not be DIMINISHED during their continuance in office.”
- The firewalls are the classic guarantees: secure tenure (life appointment or removal only for cause by a supermajority, so a displeased executive cannot fire a judge for an unwelcome ruling), irreducible salary (compensation that cannot be cut as punishment), and defined jurisdiction insulating which cases a judge hears from political gerrymandering.
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