This results from the fact that officers of the government, like private persons, are subject to judicial process, and liable to have the legality of their actions examined and determined by the ordinary tribunals.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
An attempt to make use of any doubtful power would probably be resisted, and the legality of the act could be discussed in Parliament or determined by the law courts; but it is very rare at the present day that any such attempt is made.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
So come the Communists, saying, "Let us overthrow capitalist government, and break the net of bourgeois legality, and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat, which will put an end to privilege and class domination all at once."
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair