As to the tenure by which the judges are to hold their places: This chiefly concerns their duration in office the provisions for their support and 3 the precautions for their responsibility.Īccording to the plan of the convention, all the judges who may be appointed by the United States are to hold their offices during good behaviour, which is conformable to the most approved of the state constitutions and 4 among the rest, to that of this state. As to the mode of appointing the judges: This is the same with that of appointing the officers of the union in general, and has been so fully discussed in the two last numbers, that nothing can be said here which would not be useless repetition.

The partition of the judiciary authority between different courts, and their relations to each other.įirst. The tenure by which they are to hold their places-3d. The manner of constituting it seems to embrace these several objects-1st. To these points therefore our observations shall be confined. 2 It is the less necessary to recapitulate the considerations there urged as the propriety of the institution in the abstract is not disputed: The only questions which have been raised being relative to the manner of constituting it, and to its extent. In unfolding the defects of the existing confederation, the utility and necessity of a federal judicature have been clearly pointed out. WE proceed now to an examination of the judiciary department of the proposed government.

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