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Albert Beveridge: “Such an abominable doctrine has no foundation in the Constitution.”

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Such an abominable doctrine has no foundation in the Constitution.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge argues against a doctrine he sees as unconstitutional and morally wrong.

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