Charles Sumner: “A construction rendering the statute at once unconstitutional and…”

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A construction rendering the statute at once unconstitutional and absurd must be rejected.

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Sumner asserts that any interpretation of a statute that is both unconstitutional and absurd should be dismissed.

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Charles Sumner: “A construction rendering the statute at once unconstitutional and absurd must be rejected.”