If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable or constitutional rights, then it is his duty to affirm that the offending statute is really no law at all and that the violation of it is no crime at all, for no one is bound to obey an unjust law.
The right to participate in the choice of representatives for Congress includes, as we have said, the right to cast a ballot and to have it counted a… - Harlan F. Stone
The right to participate in the choice of representatives for Congress includes, as we have said, the right to cast a ballot and to have it counted a…
- Harlan F. Stone
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon t… - Harlan F. Stone
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon t…
History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in th… - Harlan F. Stone
History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in th…
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority. - Harlan F. Stone
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable… - Harlan F. Stone
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable…
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need. - Harlan F. Stone
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is n… - Harlan F. Stone
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is n…
The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided. - Harlan F. Stone
The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.
The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. - Harlan F. Stone
The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.
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