And any tribunal, whether judge or jury, that attempts to try these issues, has no more moral right to be swerved from the line of justice, by the will of a legislature, than by the will of any other body of men whatever.
He argues that any tribunal must adhere to justice, regardless of legislative pressure, underscoring the moral obligation of jurors and judges.
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They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
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?
A man has a natural right to enforce his own rights and redress his own wrongs.
Therefore all their laws, as they call them,--that is, all the laws of their own making,--have no color of authority or obligation.