In a famous debate in 1761, James Otis called the ____________ “the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law that ever was found in an English law book.”
a. exclusionary rule
b. Stamp Act
c. Writs of Assistance
d. Star Chamber
Answer: C
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