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No one, indeed, would venture REALLY to place the judicial function in the chance majorities of a fluctuating assembly: it is so by a sleepy theory; it is not so in living fact.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues against placing judicial functions in the hands of a fluctuating assembly, emphasizing the need for stability.
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