And, so far as I know, he never declared a single State law unconstitutional, on account of its injustice, or its violation of men's natural rights; but only on account of its conflict with the constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.
Spooner points out that Marshall's judicial decisions were based on constitutional conflicts rather than justice or rights.
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It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.
And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.
It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.
From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.