Thomas Jefferson on an Independent Judiciary

Posted on August 26, 2005
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“A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.” – Thomas Jefferson (letter to Thomas Ritchie, 25 December 1820)

Reference: Jefferson: Writings, Peterson ed., Library of America (1446)

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