My own opinion is, in view of the great principles of civil liberty out of which the constitution grew, and which it was designed to secure, that this law cannot be fairly and legitimately supported on constitutional grounds.
Mann expresses his belief that certain laws cannot be justified on constitutional grounds based on civil liberty principles.
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