And that this perversion of the constitution should have been sanctioned by all the judicial tribunals of the country, is also a proof, not only of the servility, audacity, and villainy of the judges, but also of the utter rottenness of our judicial system.
Spooner criticizes the judicial system for its complicity in the perversion of the Constitution, reflecting on the integrity of judges.
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Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.
It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.
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.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?