...without intermission, is to press us at last into one consolidated mass." On September 2, 1821, he wrote: and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for...

...contents and moved his finger down the page. "Got it." He flipped some pages quickly and began reading. '"To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy....

...were considered as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions. This, Jefferson held, was a "very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have with others, the same passions for...

...service quite fast and efficient, at least until the Ads folder is built back up. Chapter 4 Remailers "To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy."...

...determinations of constitutional issues. Jefferson wrote to an early supporter of the Supreme Court, "You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters...one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy."56 "The opinion of the judges," said Andrew Jackson, "has no more authority over Congress...

...discovered a surprising resonance among the people. The suspicions of the Court were as old as the republic "You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions," wrote Thomas Jefferson to an early supporter of the Court; "a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one...

...trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of land, and not by the laws of nations. You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters...would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for...

...of what was constitutional and what was not. He said, you seem to consider that Federal judges are the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions,...would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for...

...preeminent authority. Thomas Jefferson called the notion that judges were ultimate constitutional arbiters "a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the depostism of an oligarchy."14 In 1832 Andrew Jackson expressed the following opinion on the subject...

...Mr. Marbury, Jefferson clarified his rejection of the doctrine of judicial supremacy when he wrote: "[T]o consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy....