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Charles Sumner: “To do so is not to render impartial justice, but to depart from this prescribed rule.”

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To do so is not to render impartial justice, but to depart from this prescribed rule.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that failing to adhere to established rules undermines the pursuit of impartial justice.

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