Question

What did Hamilton mean when he made the following statement?

“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.”
—Alexander Hamilton

Responses

For laws to be effective, there must be courts to make them known to citizens consistently.
For laws to be effective, there must be courts to make them known to citizens consistently.

Laws that are not obeyed should be repealed by the courts.
Laws that are not obeyed should be repealed by the courts.

Laws that are not obeyed should be enforced by the courts.
Laws that are not obeyed should be enforced by the courts.

For laws to be effective, there must be courts to interpret them consistently.

Answer 1

What Hamilton meant by that was for laws to be effective, there must be courts to interpret them consistently.