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Further usurpation of legislative power. This path never ends well. John Locke: "As usurpation is the exercise of power, which another hath a right to; so tyra
by mkempe 12y ago
Further usurpation of legislative power. This path never ends well.
John Locke: "As usurpation is the exercise of power, which another hath a right to; so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which no body can have a right to." [1]
[1] The Second Treatise of Civil Government
(1690), http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtr18.htm http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtr18.htm