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...prestige and power, were worthy of Westminster Hall. Just outside the hall there had been the Star Chamber, and it was there that Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir Edward Coke (rhymes with book) defied King James I in 1608. "The common law," Coke cried out, "protecteth the King!" King James shouted back: "A traitorous speech! The King protecteth the law, and not the law the King!" James shook his fist furiously, but Coke stood his ground for the enduring greatness of England. Quod Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et Lege, Coke argued fiercely, meaning...
Liberty v. Liberties. Coke's clashes with the King began immediately. He denied the King's right to make law by simple proclamation, and when James I assured him that he would "ever protect the common law," Coke retorted sharply: "The common law protecteth the King." The enraged James went at him "with bended fist, offering to strike," reported a chronicler, "Which the Lo. Cooke perceaving fell flatt on all fower; humbly beseeching his Majestic to take compassion...
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