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I would ask learned Senators who have announced this proposition, where they find it in the Constitution.
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Sumner challenges his fellow Senators to identify where in the Constitution it states that a President cannot preside over their own impeachment trial.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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