If in France the tribunals were authorized to disobey the laws on the ground of their being opposed to the constitution, the supreme power would in fact be placed in their hands, since they alone would have the right of interpreting a constitution, the clauses of which can be modified by no authority.
Frantzian, konstituziokontrakotzat jotzen dituztela argudiatuz, auzitegiek legeei desobeditu ahal izango baliete, botere konstituziogilea beren esku izango lukete benetan, beraiek bakarrik izango bailukete konstituzioa interpretatzeko eskubidea, beste inork ezingo lituzkeelarik horren terminoak aldatu.