Rouse v. Thompson

As I do not concur in the reasoning or the results reached as to all the points discussed and decided in the foregoing opinion, owing to the importance of the questions involved I have deemed it proper to state at some length my views on some of these questions.

The contention is made that the Primary act violates section 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in that it delegates legislative power vested in the General Assembly. That such power cannot be delegated has frequently been reiterated by the courts, but this is true only in a qualified sense. In the early case of People v. Reynolds, 5…