Lysander Spooner: “Obviously there is nothing in the nature of majorities, that insures…”

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Obviously there is nothing in the nature of majorities, that insures justice at their hands.

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Lysander Spooner

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He asserts that majorities are not guaranteed to deliver justice simply by virtue of their numbers.

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All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).

One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.

Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?

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.

Lysander Spooner: “Obviously there is nothing in the nature of majorities, that insures justice at their hands.”