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Winthrop’s opposition to this claim brought upon him and other magistrates the charge of arbitrary government; and in order to clear up the situation he drew up the following document.
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Thomas Sowell: Once Upon A Time, Grown-Ups Had No Illusions About Arbitrary Government Power ... But if every deviation from the ideal is a reason to be panicked and stampeded into putting dangerous arbitrary powers into the hands of government, then go directly to totalitarianism, do not pass "Go," do not collect $200.
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www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/15/opinion/main5312521....
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/15/opinion/main5312521.shtml
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By stepping over the bright line between the rule of law and the arbitrary behavior of men, President Obama may have created a thousand new failing businesses. That is, businesses that might have received financing before but that now will not, since lenders face the potential of future government confiscation.
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libertyvsleviathan.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/arbitrary-g...
libertyvsleviathan.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/arbitrary-government-power/
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Winthrop's opposition to this claim brought upon him and other magistrates the charge of arbitrary government; and in order to clear up the situation he ... Arbitrary Government is where a people have men set over them, without their choice or allowance; who have power to govern them, and judge their causes without a rule.
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www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1644winthrop-govt.html
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but confinement of the person, by secretly hurrying him to jail, where his sufferings are unknown or forgotten, is a less public, a less striking, and therefore a more dangerous engine of arbitrary government. (emphasis mine)
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firedoglake.com/2008/03/14/fisa-and-the-unilateral-exec...
firedoglake.com/2008/03/14/fisa-and-the-unilateral-executive-debating-a-dangerous-engine-of-arbitrary-government/
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Losing Habeas Corpus - "A More Dangerous Engine of Arbitrary Government" ... Habeas corpus is roughly Latin for "hold the body," and is used in law to mean that a government must either charge a person with a crime or let them go free.
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www.commondreams.org/views05/1114-22.htm
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(New York and London, February 2, 2009)—The Chinese government should immediately disclose the whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng, a leading human rights lawyer who disappeared two weeks ago, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Human Rights in China said today in a joint statement.
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www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/china-human...
www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/china-human-rights-lawyer-arbitrary-detention-government-should-confirm-
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Independent of those which relate to the structure of the government, ... The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words, the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages,
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www.constitution.org/fed/federa84.htm
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Habeas corpus is roughly Latin for "hold the body," and is used in law to mean that a government must either charge a person with a crime or let them go free. And last week, U.S. Senate Republicans (with the help of five Senate Democrats) passed a bill that would begin to take down that right.
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www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_thom_har_051115_losing...
www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_thom_har_051115_losing_habeas_corpus.htm
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