Leveled Readings / Federalist No. 78 (Hamilton)
Federalist No. 78 (Hamilton)
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78 (1788)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution…”
Adapted · about grade 4
The courts will always be the weakest danger to our rights under the Constitution.
Adapted · about grade 7
Because of what it does, the judiciary will always be the least dangerous branch to the political rights in the Constitution.
Adapted · about grade 10
By the nature of its functions, the judiciary will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution.