Quiz 3 Flashcards
A _______ is a number of citizens who are united and actuated by some common interest adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the interests of the community.
Faction
The two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction are:
a. Removing its causes.
b. Controlling its effects.
The two methods of removing the causes of factions are:
a. Destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence.
b. Giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.
The most common and durable source of factions has been:
The various and unequal distribution of property.
The causes of faction cannot be removed; relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its ________
Effects
The ________ must be rendered unable to carry into effect schemes of oppression.
Majority
Public views are _______ and ________ by passing them through a chosen body of citizens.
Represented, regulated.
Does Madison prefer a republic or a democracy? Does he want it large or small?
Republic. Large.
The interior ______ of the government must be so contrived that it’s parts may be the means of keeping each other in their proper places.
structure
Should each department have as little or as much agency as possible in the appointment of members of the other departments?
As little
The great security against a ________________ of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department in the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist the encroachments of others.
gradual concentration
___________ must be made to counteract ambition.
Ambition
The greatest reflection on human nature is __________
Government itself.
You must first enable government to control the governed and then oblige it to control ___________
itself
The primary control on government is ______________
A dependence on the people.
In republican government, the __________ authority predominates.
legislative
The remedy for this is to ______________
divide them into separate, unrelated branches
In America, power is first divided between _________ and then subdivided among distinct and separate departments.
two distinct governments
If a _________ be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.
majority
The security for civil & religious rights is in the ________ of interests of sects.
p169
______________ is the end (purpose) of government and civil society.
Justice
All United States judges hold their offices during ___________
Good behavior
Such a term is an excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of _________________
The representative body.
Why will the judiciary be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution?
It will be the least of capacity to annoy or injure [the rights]
The judiciary has neither force nor will, but merely _____________
Judgment
The _________ is the weakest of the three departments of power.
Judiciary
The courts must declare all acts contrary to the ________________ of the Constitution void.
Manifest tenor
The courts were designated to be an intermediate body between __________ and ____________
the people, the legislature
“The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts.” In this statement by Hamilton, what does peculiar mean?
unique
The Constitution ought to be preferred to the statue, the intention of _____ to the intention of their agents.
people
Should the judicial power be considered superior to the legislative power?
No
Should the courts be able to substitute their own pleasure (preference) for the constitutional intentions of the legislature?
No
The courts may not exercise _____, only judgment.
will
The courts should deal with injuries to the __________ of classes of citizens by unjust and partial laws.
private rights
“Periodical appointments” of judges would be fatal to their necessary ________________.
independence
Is the number of qualified judges with integrity small or large?
small
