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The constitutions of most of the other states contain a provision similar to this section expressly establishing the supremacy of civil authority over military authority. | The constitutions of most of the other states contain a provision similar to this section expressly establishing the supremacy of civil authority over military authority. | ||
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* ''State v. Sparks'', 27 Tex. 627, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/027_Tex_627.pdf#page=7 633] (1864) ("But the high position of this officer and the important duties with which he . . . . Better far would it have been, for the prisoners who are in custody of the court, though doubly guilty beyond all that has been charged against them, to go unwhipped of justice than for the civil authorities of the state to be subordinated to military control, and made dependent upon the consent of the latter for the exercise of their legitimate functions. The one, though to be deprecated, would be of comparatively little importance, but the other would be a vital blow at the constitution, and the principle upon which our government is organized.") | * ''State v. Sparks'', 27 Tex. 627, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/027_Tex_627.pdf#page=7 633] (1864) ("But the high position of this officer and the important duties with which he . . . . Better far would it have been, for the prisoners who are in custody of the court, though doubly guilty beyond all that has been charged against them, to go unwhipped of justice than for the civil authorities of the state to be subordinated to military control, and made dependent upon the consent of the latter for the exercise of their legitimate functions. The one, though to be deprecated, would be of comparatively little importance, but the other would be a vital blow at the constitution, and the principle upon which our government is organized.") | ||
|seo_title= | |seo_title=Article I, Section 24 of the Texas Constitution ("Military Subordinate to Civil Authority") | ||
|seo_keywords= | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 24, Texas Bill of Rights, civil authority supreme | ||
|seo_description= | |seo_description=This section declares that "[t]he military shall at all times be subordinate to the civil authority." | ||
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