In short, the Legislature within its jurisdiction can do everything that is not naturally impossible, and is restrained by no rule human or divine. If it be that the plaintiffs acquired any rights, which I am far from finding, the Legislature had the power to take them away. The prohibition, 'Thou shalt not steal,' has no legal force upon the sovereign body. And there would be no necessity for compensation to be given.
The Supreme Court of Canada, April 2003
Angry in the Great White North provides some context for this rather bladder-loosening declaration.
Posted by Nicholas at June 10, 2005 12:43 AM
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