And he would know that no statute, unless it were so clearly just as to command the unanimous assent of twelve men, who should be taken at random from the whole community, could be enforced so as to take from him his reputation, property, liberty, or life.
Spooner posits that no law should be enforced unless it is unanimously agreed upon by a jury of peers.
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They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
The people are no more arrayed against themselves, when a jury puts its veto upon a statute, which the other tribunals have sanctioned, than they are when the same veto is exercised by the representatives, the senate, the executive, or the…
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.