In Maurice Ashley's fine biography, The Greatness of Oliver Cromwell, Ashley writes that in July 1635 King Charles I demanded a levy of money to pay for an Anglo-Spanish alliance against the Dutch. The King asked the judges to confirm that the levy was legal, and they did so.
One of the justices explained, "There was a rule of law and a rule of government, and that many things which might not be done be the rule of law might be done by the rule of government."
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
If You Dare to Dissent....
"In the federal courts, dissent cannot be tolerated. Federal judges have created the perfect existential argument: law, history, and precedence do not matter. The only thing that matters is here and now; what the court says is the law, is the law.
The danger of this should be obvious. If only the court can divine the law, then the law is unknowable to the common man, and nobody is safe."
The danger of this should be obvious. If only the court can divine the law, then the law is unknowable to the common man, and nobody is safe."
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