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Bills of Rights are, quite undoubtedly, a check upon possible excess in the government of the day.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Bills of Rights are, quite undoubtedly, a check upon possible excess in the government of the day.”
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Laski argues that Bills of Rights serve as a crucial check on government power.
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