On the record
This is the mode, which the trial by jury provides, for keeping the government within the limits designed by the whole people, who have associated for its establishment.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “This is the mode, which the trial by jury provides, for keeping the government within the limits designed by the whole…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner identifies the trial by jury as a safeguard for limiting government power.
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