On the record
Is there any one of these men, who studies justice as a science, and regards that alone in all his professional exertions?
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgIs there any one of these men, who studies justice as a science, and regards that alone in all his professional exertions?
Spooner questions whether any legal professionals genuinely seek justice in their work.
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They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
In nearly or quite all the States of the United States the juries are illegal, for one or the other of the same reasons that make the juries in England illegal.
And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.