Comments on: Defaming Hamilton http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/914 BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PubliusToo http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/914/comment-page-1#comment-5348 PubliusToo Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:02:29 +0000 /?p=914#comment-5348 The so-called Federalists (more like Whigs in drag) are anything but supporters of federalism as explained by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. Mr. DeLay, for example, would have us believe that if the judges do not subordinate themselves to the will of the Congress, they are usurping their constitutional authority and should be punished accordingly. As you noted, however, Federalist No. 78 (attributed to Hamilton) justifies the lifetime appointments of federal judges as an “excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body.” I think that this latest faith-based constitutional interpretation by the unrepentant right is really illustrative of the concerns of Hamilton as expressed in Federalist No. 78, viz. a need for checks against the corruption of absolute power. The republicans now control the executive and legislative branches and are still feeling their oats from the recent election “mandate” of President Bush. The right wing of the party wants no checks whatsoever on their power. Judging from the recent statements of Vice President Cheney and the forced (and disingenuous) recanting by Mr. DeLay, I suspect this wind will blow over quickly as the right wing of the republican party marches blindly over its cliff of hubris. The so-called Federalists (more like Whigs in drag) are anything but supporters of federalism as explained by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. Mr. DeLay, for example, would have us believe that if the judges do not subordinate themselves to the will of the Congress, they are usurping their constitutional authority and should be punished accordingly. As you noted, however, Federalist No. 78 (attributed to Hamilton) justifies the lifetime appointments of federal judges as an “excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body.”

I think that this latest faith-based constitutional interpretation by the unrepentant right is really illustrative of the concerns of Hamilton as expressed in Federalist No. 78, viz. a need for checks against the corruption of absolute power. The republicans now control the executive and legislative branches and are still feeling their oats from the recent election “mandate” of President Bush. The right wing of the party wants no checks whatsoever on their power. Judging from the recent statements of Vice President Cheney and the forced (and disingenuous) recanting by Mr. DeLay, I suspect this wind will blow over quickly as the right wing of the republican party marches blindly over its cliff of hubris.

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