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James
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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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