our judges are as honest as other men, and not Morceau. They have, with others, the same passions, for party, for power, and the privilege of the corps [groups of people] …. And their power the more dangerous as they are in office for life, and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control.
- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Charles Jarvis, Sept 18, 1820
this excerpt comes from a letter, Jefferson Road in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on Marbury V. Madison. What was Jeffersons greatest concern?
a. He was concerned that the decision gave the Supreme Court too much authority.
b. Jefferson sell that judges were honest men, and should not be questioned.
c. Jefferson feels that Congress should advise the Supreme Court on all constitutional matters.
d. He was concerned by the fact that judges were not elected.