And the sheriffs, thus appointed, held their offices only during the pleasure of the king, and were of course mere tools of the king; and their selection of jurors was really a selection by the king himself.
Spooner critiques the appointment of sheriffs as tools of the king, undermining jury selection.
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All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
In nearly or quite all the States of the United States the juries are illegal, for one or the other of the same reasons that make the juries in England illegal.
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
Therefore all their laws, as they call them,--that is, all the laws of their own making,--have no color of authority or obligation.