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The question whether individuals may insist on being heard by rulemakers, for whom they already (directly or indirectly) voted, has bedeviled administrative law since the turn of the century.

— Laurence Tribe Constitutional Choices (1985)

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Nothing is more devastating than a life without liberty.

Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990)

So they wanted a general term that would refer to profound abuses of power that threaten the rule of law.

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"The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny of disparage others retained by the people."

The Invisible Constitution (2008)

So the framers of the constitution struck a balance and left the judgement to us.

Laurence Tribe on To End a Presidency (2018)

My interest is less in what's invisible "around" the Constitution than in what is invisible within it.

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