And for any government to forbid him to do so, or to obstruct his doing so, or to punish him for doing so, is a violation of his natural right of purchasing property of whom he pleases, and from such motives as he pleases.
Spooner argues that government interference in trade violates natural rights.
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It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.
In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.
One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.