The written instrument agreed upon by the
people of the Union or of a particular state as the absolute rule of action and
decision for all departments and officers of the government in respect to all the
points covered by it, which must control until it shall be changed by the authority
which established it, and in opposition to which any act or ordinance of any such
department or officer is null and void. Cooley, Const. Lim. 2
For a crime to exist, there must be an injured party (Corpus Delicti) There can be no sanction or penalty imposed on one because of this Constitutional right. Sherer v. Cullen 481 F. 945:
For a crime to exist, there must be an injured party (Corpus Delicti) There can be no sanction or penalty imposed on one because of this Constitutional right. Sherer v. Cullen 481 F. 945:
