Ways & Means the Voters & their Eected Representatives can Check the Powers of the Judicial Branch
<em>Voters can check the power of the judicial Branch by electing representatives who adhere strictly to the provisions of the Constitution;</em>
<em>Voters can sponsor private bills requesting the representatives to impeach a judge as in the case of the United States of America;</em>
<em>In the case of my country, Nigeria, the voters can file petitions to National Judicial Council (NJC) urging them to investigate the ill-conducts of corrupt Judges and gross abuse of office;</em>
<em>Congress has the authority under the constitution to limit the jurisdiction of any or all Federal Courts;</em>
<em>Judicial activism can be checked by active and vibrant representations;</em>
<em>Voters should not re-elect representatives who play into/profit from the gridlock/inaction system.</em>
Lincoln was attempting to make the war about the South's slaves so that the now largely slave-less France and Britain would refuse to support the South.