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But the truth was that, as by the English constitution parliament had no authority at all for general legislation, it could no more confirm, than it could abolish, Magna Carta.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner claims that parliament lacked the authority to legislate or alter Magna Carta.
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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.
If the authority be vested in the government, the governmnt is absolute, and the people have no liberties except such as the government sees fit to indulge them with.
What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?
In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.