Hamilton's Arguments on the Judiciary in Federalist 78? (Essay Sample)

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Summarize the most important aspects of Hamilton's arguments on the judiciary in Federalist 78?
The section consists of six chapters and some of the most important aspects of Hamilton’s arguments on the judiciary in Federal 78 CITATION Clind \l 1033 (Cliffs Notes, n.d.) are as follows:
* Apointment of judges and related matters.
* The structure of federal courts.
* Powers and jurisdiction of judiciary.
The first point includes that how the federal judges would be appointed and what would be the span of their tenure in office. (Cliffs Notes, n.d.) It was discussed in the section that they should be appointed the way other federal officers are appointed. (Cliffs Notes, n.d.)
For the tenure, it was proposed in the constitution that they should hold office “during good behavior,” (Cliffs Notes, n.d.) it was one of the provisions found in the constitutions of all the states (Cliffs Notes, n.d.) Judiciary had to keep the checks and balances and for this judiciary had to remain distinctive from the legislature and the executive of the government so it can function as a check on both (Cliffs Notes, n.d.)
Courts were granted the right to declare any legislative act as ‘null and void’ if according to the court it violated any section in the constitution (Cliffs Notes, n.d.). It was argued that it involved judicial supremacy to the legislative procedure. While Hamilton argued that the courts had to protect the constitution and it was the court’s responsibility “to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.”