If this be true as a general rule, if the public support and sympathy be essential to the life of all law, this is especially the case in an enactment which concerns the important and sensitive rights of Personal Liberty.
Sumner argues that public support is crucial for the legitimacy of laws, especially those affecting personal liberty.
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