Friday, February 24, 2017

From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 September 1804

the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-0348

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