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the unelected branch that can tell the elected ones to sit down
means The branch of government made up of courts and judges, whose job is to interpret laws and settle disputes.
from From Latin 'iudiciarius,' 'pertaining to courts of justice,' built on 'iudicium' (a judgment or trial) and ultimately 'iudex' — a judge — itself a fusion of 'ius' (law, right) and a root meaning 'to say' or 'point out.' So a judge is, at the root, one who 'speaks the law.' English borrowed the term in the 1500s, and the courtroom sense of who gets to pronounce that law has been argued over ever since.
life tenureUS federal judges serve until death or retirement
first power grabMarbury v. Madison invented judicial review in 1803
no armycourts rely entirely on others obeying their rulings
robesblack became standard only after Marshall's plain example
oldest courtEngland's courts predate Parliament by centuries