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It was therefore essential, Madison concluded, for judges, whose life tenure insulates them from the demands of the majority, to serve as the guardians of our liberties and as "an impenetrable bulwark" against every encroachment upon our most cherished freedoms.
Independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of [Bill of Rights guarantees]; they will be an impenetrable bulwark against every assumption of power in the legislative or executive; they are will be naturally led to resist every encroachment upon rights expressly stipulated for in the constitution by the declaration of rights.
In discussing the role of the judiciary in policing the separation of powers and protecting constitutional rights, Madison explained that "independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those rights; they will be an impenetrable bulwark against every assumption of power in the Legislative or Executive".
When James Madison first proposed the Bill of Rights, he counseled that the success of our constitutional system would depend in no small part upon the courage and wisdom of our federal judges, who would serve as the "guardians" of our liberties and as "an impenetrable bulwark" against every "encroachment" upon our most cherished freedoms.
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