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We, however, are not content that a majority of the Legislature shall override inviolable individual rights, about which the judiciary is empowered to throw the solemn circle of the law.
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Beck expresses the belief that individual rights should not be overridden by legislative majorities.
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It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
Its protection should be given to those of superior skill and diligence, who ask the due rewards of such superiority.
Under the American Constitution, they are part of the fundamental law, and, as such, enforceable by judges sworn to defend the integrity of the individual as fully as the integrity of the State.
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