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In all that time, so far as I have known, he never declared a single act of congress unconstitutional; and probably never would have done so, if he had lived to this time.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner claims that Marshall did not declare congressional acts unconstitutional, highlighting a lack of protection for rights.
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