Albert Beveridge: “It was not, then, Marshall's declaring an act of Congress to be…”

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It was not, then, Marshall's declaring an act of Congress to be unconstitutional that was innovating or revolutionary.

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Beveridge argues that Marshall's declaration of unconstitutionality was not the revolutionary act, but rather the reasoning behind it.

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Albert Beveridge: “It was not, then, Marshall's declaring an act of Congress to be unconstitutional that was innovating or revolutionary.”