Felix Frankfurter: Concurrence in Cooper v. Aaron

( 1958 ) Commentary by Lisa Paddock, Independent Scholar, Cape May County, New Jersey

“On the few tragic occasions in the history of the Nation, North and South, when law was forcibly resisted or systematically evaded, it has signalled the breakdown of constitutional processes of government on which ultimately rest the liberties of all. Violent resistance to law cannot be made a legal reason for its suspension without loosening the fabric of our society.” - Opinion in Cooper v. Aaron

Felix Frankfurter (Library of Congress)

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