Peace And Tranquility By Chief Justice Ringo

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Peace and Tranquility The Plaintiff’s first argument is that the safety of the community must be the top priority of the legislature. They reflect on State v. Buzzard, 4 Ark. 18 (1842), where Chief Justice Ringo wrote in his majority opinion: “The government possesses, in my opinion, ample power to inhibit, by law, all such acts and practices of individuals, as affect, injuriously, the private rights of others, tend to disturb domestic tranquility, or the peace and good order of society, militate against the common interest, impair the means of common defense, or sap the free institutions of the country; and to enforce the observance of such laws by adequate penalties, the character and quantum of which, in most respects, depend exclusively