• The American Citizens Handbook
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The American Citizens Handbook

More than 200 years ago, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay published a series of essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution now known as Federalist Papers. In explaining the need for an independent judiciary, Alexander Hamilton noted in that the federal courts 'were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and their legislature' in order to ensure that the people's representatives acted only within the authority given to Congress under the Constitution.The U.S. Constitution is the nation's fundamental law. It codifies the core values of the people.

Courts have the responsibility to interpret the Constitution's meaning, as well as the meaning of any laws passed by Congress. States further that, if any law passed by Congress conflicts with the Constitution, 'the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.'

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'Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposed that the power of the people is superior to both; and that where the will of the legislature, declared in its statutes, stands in opposition to that of the people, declared in the Constitution, the judges ought to be governed by the latter rather than the former. They ought to regulate their decisions by the fundamental laws, rather than by those which are not fundamental.'

The American democratic system is not always based upon simple majority rule. There are certain principles that are so important to the nation that the majority has agreed not to interfere in these areas.