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No. 81  Federalist No. 81 (Federalist Number 81) is an essay by
Alexander Hamilton and the eighty-first of the Federalist
Papers. It was published on June 25 and 28, 1788 under the
pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist
Papers were published. The title is, "The Judiciary Continued,
and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority", and it is the
fourth in a series of six essays discussing the powers and
limitations of the Judicial branch.  The Federalist Papers, as a
foundation text of constitutional interpretation, are frequently
cited by American jurists. Of all the essays, No. 81 is the
third-most cited, behind only Federalist No. 42 and Federalist
No. 78.[1] Federalist No. 81 addresses how the powers of the
judiciary should be distributed. It deals with potential fears
for the irreversible effects of judicial activism.  State
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