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And congress has no more right to invalidate this mortgage, by a single iota, than it has to invalidate a warranty deed of land.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And congress has no more right to invalidate this mortgage, by a single iota, than it has to invalidate a warranty deed…”
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Spooner argues that Congress cannot invalidate a mortgage any more than it can invalidate a property deed.
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