Commentaries on the Constitution of US

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第45章

Commentaries on the Constitution of US Joseph Story

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  Sec。1579。ThereasoningoftheFederalistonthispointissoclearandsatisfactory,andpresentsthewholeargumentinsocondensedaform,thatitsupersedesallfartherformaldiscussion。\"Fromabody,whichhadevenapartialagencyinpassingbadlaws,wecouldrarelyexpectadispositiontotemperandmoderatethemintheapplication。Thesamespirit,whichhadoperatedinmakingthem,wouldbetooapttoinfluencetheirconstruction;

  stilllesscoulditbeexpected,thatmen,whohadinfringedtheconstitution,inthecharacteroflegislators,wouldbedisposedtorepairthebreachinthatofjudges。Noristhisall。Everyreason,whichrecommendsthetenureofgoodbehaviourforjudicialoffices,militatesagainstplacingthejudiciarypower,inthelastresort,inabodycomposedofmenchosenforalimitedperiod。Thereisanabsurdityinreferringthedeterminationofcauses,inthefirstinstance,tojudgesofpermanentstanding;inthelast,tothoseofatemporaryandmutableconstitution。Andthereisastillgreaterabsurdityinsubjectingthedecisionsofmenselectedfortheknowledgeofthelaws,acquiredbylongandlaboriousstudy,totherevisionandcontrolofmen,who,forwantofthesameadvantage,cannotbutbedeficientinthatknowledge。Themembersofthelegislaturewillrarelybechosenwithaviewtothosequalifications,whichfitmenforthestationsofjudges;andas,onthisaccount,therewillbegreat[*3:445]

  reasontoapprehendalltheillconsequencesofdefectiveinformation;

  so,onaccountofthenaturalpropensityofsuchbodiestopartydivisions,therewillbenolessreasontofear,thatthepestilentialbreathoffactionmaypoisonthefountainsofjustice。Thehabitofbeingcontinuallymarshalledonoppositesides,willbetooapttostiflethevoicebothoflawandequity。

  Sec。1580。\"Theseconsiderationsteachustoapplaudthewisdomofthosestates,whohavecommittedthejudicialpower,inthelastresort,nottoapartofthelegislature,buttodistinctandindependentbodiesofmen。Contrarytothesuppositionofthose,whohaverepresentedtheplanoftheconvention,inthisrespect,asnovelandunprecedented,itisbutacopyoftheconstitutionsofNewHampshire,Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Delaware,Maryland,Virginia,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgia;

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