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Quote from Justice Hugo L. Black,


"... any broad unlimited power to hold laws unconstitutional because they offend what this Court conceives to be the ‘conscience of our people’ ... was not given by the Framers, but rather has been bestowed on the Court by the Court."


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Justice Hugo L. Black (more quotes by Justice Hugo L. Black or books by/about Justice Hugo L. Black)


(1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice

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Power, Constitution, Offense, Conscience, Usurpation

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