Ch. XI, sec. 135-142
Four bounds on legislative power.
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From Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
Even the supreme legislative is bounded: it cannot be arbitrary, must govern by promulgated standing laws, cannot take property without consent, and cannot transfer law-making power.
Ch. XI, sec. 140
No taxation without consent: foundational to American Revolution.
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