Sunday, April 08, 2007

More on Legislative Absolutism

In a landmark Supreme Court case involving legislation beyond what is Constitutionally authorized, Justice Harlan issued a powerful dissent. Below is a portion of it, taken from Downes v. Bidwell, 182 US 244 (1901).

Read more at Individual Sovereignty.

2 comments:

  1. Looks like someone has posted a copy of Peter Hendricksons Book Cracking the Code.


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  2. Great Post. Thanks

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