Ocupation: Historian
Life: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859
Birthday: July 29
Death: April 16
When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given it, one discovers without difficulty that a more immense judicial power has never been constituted in any people.
source: Alexis de Tocqueville (2012). “Democracy in America”, p.141, University of Chicago Press
topic: Organization, People, Judicial Power