Which of the founding fathers argued that parliament had no right to authorize the writs of assistance to combat smuggling?

James Otis

Otis represented colonial merchants who were challenging the legality of the "writs of assistance" before the Superior Court pro bono. He was against the writs of assistance which were general warrants allowing officials to search for smuggled material.

answer: born in saint-dié, in the vosges department, france, he studied law, and was called to the bar at paris in 1854,[2] but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to le temps. he attacked the second french empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against baron haussmann, prefect of the seine department. a series of his articles in le temps was later republished as the fantastic tales of haussmannlaxupa (1868).[2]

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b is the answer i am assuming