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The constitution of the judiciary, experimental and imperfect as it was even in the infancy of our existing Government, is yet more inadequate to the administration of national justice at our present maturity.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Quincy Adams: “The constitution of the judiciary, experimental and imperfect as it was even in the infancy of our existing Government…”
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He reflects on the inadequacies of the judiciary system as it stands in relation to the nation's growth.
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