Did he, (the king,) at any time, relax his activity and martial ardor, did he employ his abilities to the prejudice of his nation, or fancy he was superior to the laws; the same power which raised him to honor, humbled and degraded him.
Spooner discusses the accountability of kings to the laws of their nation, emphasizing the limits of their power.
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And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.
The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.
It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.
That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.