Question

How does Hamilton convey his ideas about the power of the judicial branch of the government in Paragraph 1? He asserts that the judiciary's central role is to oversee the "FORCE" and "WILL" imposed by the other two branches of government, thereby depicting the judiciary as the most powerful branch. He depicts the powers of the executive and legislative branches in figurative terms—as controlling the sword and the purse, respectively—to stress that the judiciary is just as powerful as the other two. He focuses on what the judiciary has the power to do, irrespective of the powers held by the executive or legislative branches of government. He compares the powers of the executive and legislative branches to those of the judiciary, highlighting the strengths of the former and the relative weaknesses of the latter.

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In my opinion, the correct answer is D. He compares the powers of the executive and legislative branches to those of the judiciary, highlighting the strengths of the former and the relative weaknesses of the latter. In Hamilton's view, the judiciary branch is the least powerful of the three. He says that it has no real power or influence over "the sword" or "the purse", which are controlled by the executive and legislative branches. It is devoid of force and will, and it can merely judge, but even that it cannot do without help from the executive branch.