We begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 81:

Big idea one: in federalist 81, Hamilton endorsed the use of one final court of appeal in the USA: the Supreme Court.

Big idea two: Hamilton also defended the creation of lower-level federal courts in Federalist 81

Big idea three: Hamilton in Federalist 81 denied that the appellate process would result in the destruction of the right to trial by jury.

We typically begin these podcasts with three big ideas – here are three big ideas concerning Federalist 80.

Big idea one: in Federalist 80, Hamilton stressed the need for the federal judiciary, rather than the state judiciaries or legislatures, to oversee a range of cases bearing upon the country as a whole, its sovereign status in international politics, or other matters of national importance.

Big idea two: Hamilton’s defense of the powers of the federal courts was cast in terms of the need to maintain peace, whether in the sense of international peace or of domestic tranquility. This implicated the privileges and immunities clause, which Hamilton described as the “basis of the union”

Big idea three: Hamilton in Federalist 80 described the role of equity in judicial decision-making.

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.