"The power of administrative bodies to make finding of fact which may be treated as conclusive, if there is evidence both ways, is a power of enormous consequence. An unscrupulous administrator might be tempted to say "Let me find the facts for the people of my country, and I care little who lays down the general principles.""

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Source: Important Work of Uncle Sam's Lawyers. American Bar Association Journal, p. 238, April 1931.

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Charles Evans Hughes

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Charles Evans Hughes was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served as Chief Justice of the United States, advocating for justice and legal reform.

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