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If he did see this force and authority, but chose to trample them under his feet, he was a perjured tyrant and traitor.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “If he did see this force and authority, but chose to trample them under his feet, he was a perjured tyrant and traitor.”
Editor's note · Context
He condemns Marshall as a traitor if he knowingly ignored the constitutional authority of the ninth amendment.
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