liberty can have nothg fear from the judiciary alone, but at havevything to fear from its what was the importance of federalist number 78? judge maggs: hamilton described the judiciary, talking about how judges were appointed, the tenure and powers and one of his famous quotes was, they have neither the sword nor the purse, they only decide questions. they cannot spend money or engage in any action except deciding questions. he wrote about the importance of having an independent judiciary. he said it does not make sense to have limited government without it because there is no way to enforce it. if you talked about judicial review before that but it is clear hamilton had thought about the idea that there were unconstitutional laws that would not be enforced. he also talked about the idea that judges had to be learned and know that presidents and the idea that they had to be independent to carry out duties. i think every judge is familiar with federal 78 and i think it is no doubt the reason why so many supreme court justices have cited the article. that is was not published until may 1