Here you will find a list of links, with brief descriptions. That lead to extracts of court cases with significant bearing on the rights of the people.
Sang Lee owner of Yick Wo, a laundry mat in San Fransico, was fined $10 for operating a laundry mat (in a wooden building) without a permit. After suing for a writ of habeas corpus, he was imprisoned for not paying the fine. The case escalated to the Supreme Court of the United States and decided against the inferior courts, and stated that it was unlawful to imprison someone for such reasoning.
Keywords- Sovereignty, Limitation of Government, Government, and Limitation of Power-
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