Isiah

English

21 January, 13:04

How does Hamilton use rhetoric in Paragraph 3 when addressing the importance of an independent judiciary? He presents the judicial and legislative branches as opposites, asserting that the courts must be entirely independent because the legislature is entirely dependent on the executive branch. By comparing and contrasting the courts of justice in the United States with those in nations without independent judiciaries, Hamilton makes a strong case for his position that the courts must be independent. He uses an appeal to emotion, arguing that a government with a judicial branch that is not independent will allow injustice and oppression to grow and liberty and freedom to wither and disappear. He uses an appeal to reason and logic, arguing that, since the judiciary's job is to make sure that laws follow the rules set out by the Constitution, the courts cannot be influenced by the branches that pass or enforce those laws.