Charles Sumner: “In reply I simply asserted the right of Congress to interpret the…”

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In reply I simply asserted the right of Congress to interpret the Constitution without constraint from the Supreme Court, and this I now repeat.

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Sumner asserts Congress's right to interpret the Constitution independently of the Supreme Court.

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