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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: and in general to all points which affect the law of nations. It
may even be affirmed that, although its constitution is
essentially judicial, its prerogatives are almost entirely
political. Its sole object is to enforce the execution of the
laws of the Union; and the Union only regulates the relations of
the Government with the citizens, and of the nation with Foreign
Powers: the relations of citizens amongst themselves are almost
exclusively regulated by the sovereignty of the States.
A second and still greater cause of the preponderance of
this court may be adduced. In the nations of Europe the courts
of justice are only called upon to try the controversies of
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