1. Imagine your family farms in the Nile Valley. Each year when the river's floodwaters spread rich soll (good dirt) on the land, you help your father plant barley. When you are not in the fields, you spin fine linen (cotton)
thread from flax (cotton plant) you have grown. Sometimes you and your friends hunt birds, in the tall grass
along the river banks.
Why would you like living in the Nile Valley vs. the nomadic life in the desert?

Explain why the judicial branch is considered the weakest branch. explain what might happen if the judicial branch could not separate itself from the other two branches. explain how a strong judiciary branch would maintain limited government and individual rights. explain why a law that contradicts the constitution must be ruled invalid. explain why the legislature may not determine if its laws are unconstitutional. hamilton argues that the judicial branch is not above the legislative branch. explain his reasoning. how is the problem solved when two laws passed by the same legislature contradict each other? explain why hamilton believes it is pointless to argue the power of judicial review will enable judges to rule in ways that serve their own interests. explain how life tenure is necessary for the judicial branch to be able to protect individual rights against a majority. explain how everyone benefits when the rights of individuals or groups are protected. explain how limited terms of office might discourage the best-qualified people.