Proper restraint upon Congress, said Randolph, was not found in a pretended power of the Judiciary to veto legislation, but in the people themselves, who at the ballot box could "apply the Constitutional corrective.
Beveridge discusses the belief that the true check on Congress lies with the people, emphasizing democratic accountability.
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