...a rule of the majority. "Unanimity is impossible," said President Lincoln, "the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left." A year later, in 1861, of the system that had been established, he said : "Our popular government has...

...Lincoln acknowledged the role of the Supreme Court in reviewing the constitutionality of legislation: I do not forget the position assumed by some, that...constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court . . . [and that such decisions] are also entitled to very high respect and consideration, in all paralel...

...declared. Lincoln gave the point classic expression in his First Inaugural in speaking of Dred Scott: I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided hy the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties...

...Lincoln explained the distinction between Marbury and the position urged by plaintiffs as follows: ' I do not forget the position assumed by some, that constitutional questions 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 II 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 a 28 are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor...

...Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissable; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy, or despotism in some form, is all that is left.32 If the existence of morals makes law justified and necessary, it is in principle legitimate...

...it does of necessity fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.12 (emphasis added). The partition of India in 1947 is an apt illustration of disregarding Lincoln's...

...does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible;...anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left. 40 "All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities....

...etc., and the owner had the freedom of choice to decide what they wanted to do with their own property: I do not forget the position assumed by some that...questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court. ...At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital...

...Civil Liberties Union from trampling my rights in pursuit of someone else's. Abraham Lincoln warned. *I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreae Court... At the saae tiae. the candid citizen must confess that If the policy of the Governaent...

...Lincoln's argument in his First Inaugural Address: "Unanimity is impossible; the role of a minority as a permanent arrangement is wholly inadmissible;...anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left." Lincoln, of course, had the Southern states in mind. He knew that one consequence of the rejection...