Liberty, Religious, secured by the New York constitution, 12; idea of, in Magna Carta, 12, 13; established in America by the Pilgrims of Plymouth, 32, 34; our greatest blessing, 34; secured by the courts, 77-78; favored by non-sectarian public schools, 248; fostered in America by Protestants, 251, 259; formerly denied to Catholics in New York, 258; secured temporarily in New York by Governor Dongan, 259. Lincoln, Abraham, 26, 191, 246. Lottery case, 46. Madison, James, 88, 186, 189, 197. Magna Carta, general treatment, 1-26; marked our greatest political epoch, 1; saved England from despotism, 1; the source of representative government, 1-2, 16, 18; the foundation of liberty and justice, 1, 4; reissues and confirmations, 2, 3, 7, 8, 20, 22; extolled by the royal governor of New York, 2; crystallized and perpetuated English liberties, 2, 3, 5, 21; all Americans enjoy its privileges, 2, 3, 5; granted at Runnymede, June 15, 1215, 3; still on the English statute books, 3; a battle-cry against tyranny, 3, 11; modern criticism of, 3-4, 7, 8, 15, 19; the value of its traditions, 4-5, 26; based upon eternal truths and to endure forever, 5, 21, 203; established the rights of the individual as against the government, 6, 7; long regarded as an unalterable fundamental law, 6-10; limited the power of the king, 11, 12, 24-25; denounced by the Pope, 12; established the supremacy of the law, 14; translated and explained in the churches, 14; guaranteed the writ of habeas corpus, 15; separated legislative and executive power, 16; prevented taxation without the consent of parliament, 16-17; the law of the land, 18-22; jury-trial, 19, 20; supplemented by the statute of 1354, 22-23; justified revolution for cause, 25. Majorities, Temporary, may yet be restrained in England, 11; arbitrary action, 40, 124; their alleged infallibility a dangerous doctrine, 43; the proposal to free them from all restraints, 43; their ever-changing opinions and desires as a rule of constitutional construction, 45-46; oppressive class legislation, 74, 78-79; need to be restrained, 75; exercise of the taxing power, 165; would overrule the courts, 211. _See_ Minorities. Mallet, Monsieur, 262, 266. Marbury _vs._ Madison, 8, 72, 100, 124. Marshall, Chief Justice, his decision in Marbury _vs._ Madison, 8-9, 72-73, 100; on the Constitution, 21; on the suability of a state, 88; on the eleventh amendment, 93-94, 95; on restraining state officers, 113-114; on civil liberty, 124; on the duty of judges, 129; unpopular decisions, 210. Martial law, as the alternative of injunctions, 151.