Question

Which is the best summary statement for this passage?

Answer 1

Limited government can be preserved in practice no

other way than through the medium of courts of justice,

whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the

manifest tenor of the Constitution void.

- Alexander Hamilton,

Federalist No. 78

O

Courts preserve limited government by protecting

the Constitution from attack.

O

Courts are a threat to limited government under the

Constitution.

O

Courts must work with other branches of

government to protect the Constitution.

O

Courts alone have a responsibility to follow the

Constitution.