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Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.
The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
