Steven Charles Hill v. the State of Texas

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• \where a right existed at common law or by statute in 1818... the legislature may restrict or abolish such incorporated right only where it provides a reasonable alternative to the enforcement of such right\
• “where a right existed at common law or by statute in 1818 ... the legislature may restrict or abolish such incorporated right only where it provides a reasonable alternative to the enforcement of such right”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).