A superior judicial power, towering above that of the colonies, as the Supreme Court at Washington now towers above the states, kept the colonial legislatures within the metes and bounds of established law.

一个高于殖民地的司法权力，就像华盛顿的最高法院现在耸立在各州之上一样，使殖民地立法机构保持在既定法律的范围内。