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The decision by States of the constitutionality of acts of Congress would destroy the Nation, he wrote.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The decision by States of the constitutionality of acts of Congress would destroy the Nation, he wrote.”
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Beveridge warns that allowing states to decide the constitutionality of federal laws could lead to national disintegration.
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