To that extent it is unquestionably constitutional; but when the resolution imposes shackles upon the two Houses of Congress assembled by virtue of that resolution, then, I submit, it does what, under the National Constitution, it cannot do,--its words are powerless.
Sumner argues against a resolution that he believes imposes unconstitutional limitations on Congress.
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