Thursday, August 28, 2014

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES, JAMES WILSON [PRO DEATH PENALTY QUOTE ~ AUGUST 28, 2014]



 

James Wilson
QUOTE: Lectures, II, ii. Of the executive department - With regard, says Rousseau, to the prerogative of granting pardon to criminals, condemned by the laws of their country, and sentenced by the judges, it belongs only to that power, which is superior both to the judges and the laws ― the sovereign authority.

AUTHOR: James Wilson (1742–1798) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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