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Quote from Felix Frankfurter,


"A court which yields to the popular will thereby license itself to practice despotism,
for there can be no assurance that it will not on another occasion indulge its own will."


By:

Felix Frankfurter (more quotes by Felix Frankfurter or books by/about Felix Frankfurter)


(1882-1965) U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Source:

A.F.L v. American Sash & Door, 1949

Categories:

Despotism, Justice, Licensing

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