"As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other to make laws and to repeal or amend them."
- Samuel Freeman MillerFrom 1890 until his passing in 1917, American jurist Samuel Freeman Miller was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He is well-known for his opinions on the power of the state, especially with regard to how it can modify laws to suit its objectives. Governments, in his opinion, are like sculpt…