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Teddy Roosevelt: “In this matter of injunctions there is lodged in the hands of the judiciary a necessary power which is nevertheless…”

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In this matter of injunctions there is lodged in the hands of the judiciary a necessary power which is nevertheless subject to the possibility of grave abuse.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns of the potential for abuse of judicial power regarding injunctions.

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