Article 2, Section 3
Document 2
Virginia Declaration of Rights, sec. 7
12 June 1776
7. That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 4, Article 2, Section 3, Document 2
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a2_3s2.html
The University of Chicago Press
Home | Search | Contents | Indexes | Help
© 1987 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2000
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/