Lysander Spooner: “In whatever light, therefore, they are viewed, they are utterly…”

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In whatever light, therefore, they are viewed, they are utterly destitute of everything like authority or obligation.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner concludes that all unjust laws lack any semblance of authority or obligation.

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The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

Lysander Spooner: “In whatever light, therefore, they are viewed, they are utterly destitute of everything like authority or obligation.”