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Hamilton's Interpretation

That inflexible and uniform adherence to the rights of the Constitution, and of individuals . . . can certainly not be expected from judges who hold their offices by a temporary commission.

—Alexander Hamilton,
Federalist No. 78

According to this passage, what can be expected of people appointed as judges temporarily?

They will be unusually concerned about the Constitution.
They will be flexible and inconsistent in doing their job.
They will be fair to the Constitution but not to individuals.
They will be unhappy with their temporary commissions.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They will be flexible and inconsistent in doing their job.

Hamilton says you cannot expect strict, uniform adherence to constitutional and individual rights from judges who only hold temporary commissions, implying they will be inconsistent.