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After writing nearly nine thousand words, he now reached the commanding question: Can the Supreme Court of the United States invalidate an act which Congress has passed and the President has approved?
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Beveridge highlights the pivotal question of whether the Supreme Court can invalidate acts of Congress and the President.
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