Lysander Spooner: “I cannot delegate to another any right to make laws--that is, laws of his own invention--and compel a third person to…”

And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.

The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.

And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.

But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.