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Court decision shows long backward step in power balance
Williamstown June 3 1403. A Supreme Court ruling is criticized as abdicating judicial restraint to political power. The piece argues rulers once claimed absolute authority similar to Stuart kings, with Parliament the true above-law power, and contends present decisions echo that theory, threatening constitutional rights and colonist protections.
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