I cannot now find the quotation, but I seem to remember John Dickinson warning the American constitutional convention that the judiciary of Aragon by degrees became its lawgivers. You have a self-perpetuating court that took it upon itself to engage in judicial review of executive and legislative action without any existing constitution …
I cannot now find the quotation, but I seem to remember John Dickinson warning the American constitutional convention that the judiciary of Aragon by degrees became its lawgivers. You have a self-perpetuating court that took it upon itself to engage in judicial review of executive and legislative action without any existing constitution giving it any such authority, or to act as a stable guide by which to judge these actions.
I cannot now find the quotation, but I seem to remember John Dickinson warning the American constitutional convention that the judiciary of Aragon by degrees became its lawgivers. You have a self-perpetuating court that took it upon itself to engage in judicial review of executive and legislative action without any existing constitution giving it any such authority, or to act as a stable guide by which to judge these actions.