William Cranch Quotes

1769–1855 United States

William Cranch (July 17, 1769 – September 1, 1855) was a United States Circuit Judge and Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia; the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States; a Professor of law for Columbian College; and a city land commissioner for Washington, D.C..

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In a government which is emphatically stiled a government of laws, the least possible range ought to be left for the discretion of the judge.

Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States (1804)

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