While unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check upon our own exercise of power is our own sense of self-restraint. For the removal of unwise laws from the statute books appeal lies not to the courts but to the ballot and to the processes of democratic government.


Dissent in United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1 (1936)

Harlan F. Stone Quotes

While unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check ...

While unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check ...

While unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check ...

While unconstitutional exercise of power by the executive and legislative branches of the government is subject to judicial restraint, the only check ...