Lysander Spooner: “A jury like that is palpably nothing but, a mere tool of oppression in…”

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A jury like that is palpably nothing but, a mere tool of oppression in the hands of the government.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner describes a jury that serves the government as a tool of oppression rather than a fair legal body.

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

It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.

All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.

It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.

Lysander Spooner: “A jury like that is palpably nothing but, a mere tool of oppression in the hands of the government.”