Lysander Spooner: “In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by…”

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In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.

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Lysander Spooner

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He emphasizes that a trial becomes a government trial when the government dictates the process.

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

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 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.

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

Lysander Spooner: “In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.”