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Explain The Constitutionalization Of The American Judicial System

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constitutionalization of the American judicial system. When the colonists declared their independence from England, they compiled a list of grievances setting forth justifications for their actions. One of the listed grievances against King George III in the American Declaration of Independence concerned the King's control of the British judiciary. Categorizing the King's control of the British judiciary as an obstruction of justice, the patriots declared that "[the King] has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the Tenure of their Offices, and the Amount and Payment of their salaries."4 Control of the judiciary, however, was not a creation of King George III's reign.5 It predated his reign by decades, and in fact had been somewhat ameliorated

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