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In
1789 Thomas Jefferson wrote: "But we all know that permanent
judges acquire an Esprit de corps; that being known, they are liable
to be tempted by bribery; that they are misled by favor, by relationship,
by a spirit of party, by a devotion to the executive or legislative
power... It is in the power, therefore of the juries... to judge
the law as well as the fact." |