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The Supreme court ... have rendered the constitution the sport of legal ingenuity....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The Supreme court ... have rendered the constitution the sport of legal ingenuity....”
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Beveridge critiques the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution, suggesting it has become overly flexible.
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