A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing;…

Thomas Jefferson
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A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1829). Memoirs, Correspondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States, p.346
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