Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Thursday evening that Alexander Hamilton was right to call the judiciary the “least dangerous” branch of government, arguing that its limited power leaves it especially vulnerable to Congress and the president.
“We are the least dangerous branch, which is not to say that the federal judiciary cannot be dangerous when it moves astray,” Alito said during a fireside chat at the Federalist Society’s annual Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner in Washington.
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