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Woodrow Wilson: On the whole, however, it is always safe to ascribe sovereignty to the highest originative or law-making body of the…

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On the whole, however, it is always safe to ascribe sovereignty to the highest originative or law-making body of the state,--the body by whose determinations both the tasks to be carried out by the Administration and the rules to be applied by the courts are fixed and warranted.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson identifies the law-making body as the source of sovereignty in a state.

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