Article I.
Declaration of Rights

Section 7. Suspending laws

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197118681789

Suspending laws

All power of suspending laws or the execution of laws by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and shall not be exercised.

197118681789

Of the power of suspending laws

All power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.

197118681789

That all powers 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.

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