During the Constitutional Convention,a "departmentalist" was someone who believed that
A)each branch of the new government would interpret the Constitution as it applied to its own actions rather than having the Supreme Court be the sole interpreter of the Constitution.
B)the Supreme Court should be the sole interpreter of the Constitution and that each branch of the new government would have its actions subjected to strict judicial scrutiny.
C)the new government should have only two branches,the executive and the legislative,and no judiciary.
D)the judiciary should appoint its own justices and the president should not be empowered to nominate Supreme Court justices.

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Departmentalism is the belief that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution as it applies to its own actions rather than having the Supreme Court be the sole interpreter of the Constitution. This means that each branch would have the power to decide whether its own actions were constitutional, rather than relying on the Supreme Court to make that determination. This was a significant point of debate at the Constitutional Convention, as some delegates believed in a stronger role for the judiciary in interpreting the Constitution.

During the Constitutional Convention,a "Departmentalist" Was Someone Who Believed That