How many original amendments to the constitution were added and ratified by 1791? a. 25 b. 10 c. 5 d. 15 what power does judicial review grant to the courts? a. making laws b. electing officials to public office c. establishing rules for taxation d. determining the constitutionality of actions who wrote the majority of the essays in the federalist? a. alexander hamilton b. thomas jefferson c. john adams d. john jay