Federalist 79: “The Imaginary Danger of a Superannuated Bench” | Hamilton on the Tenure of Judges in Office

We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas from Federalist 79.

Big idea one: In Federalist 79, Hamilton argued in favor of the importance of judges in the federal court system not having their salaries reduced.

Big idea two: In arguing in favor of judges not having their salaries reduced, Hamilton referred to the effects of inflation over the long term on salaries.

Big idea three: In Federalist 79, Hamilton offered a brief description of impeachment of judges, focused on the idea that the grounds for impeachment should be violations of good behavior, rather than claims about the ability of a judge to do the job.