For the same reason, exclusion from the court-room should be ordered only by the jury, in cases when the trial is before a jury, because they, being the real judges and triers of the cause, are entitled, if anybody, to the control of the court-room.
Spooner believes that juries should have the authority to manage courtroom conduct, reinforcing their role as judges.
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All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
A man has a natural right to enforce his own rights and redress his own wrongs.
But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.
Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.