The Rude One gives em' a History Lesson:

Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 78 that the judiciary 'will always be the least dangerous' branch of government because it has the least capacity to 'annoy or injure' our constitutional rights." Actually, Hamilton said that it was the "least dangerous" because it can't summon the military or write laws. But knowing that would require reading past the first couple of lines of the document...read on

As always Rude...but true.

(Update): MoveLeft has more on Hamilton and Cornyn.