That reason is, that that is the only means by which the government can be kept within the limits of the contract, compact, or constitution, by which the whole people agree to establish government.
Spooner explains that a veto is essential to keep government actions within agreed limits.
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That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.
When two men meet one upon the highway, or in the wilderness, have they a right to dispose of his life, liberty, or property at their pleasure, simply because they are the more numerous party?
But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.