Charles Sumner: “The technicalities of law were invented for protection against power…”

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The technicalities of law were invented for protection against power, not for the immunity of a usurper or tyrant.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner believes that legal technicalities should protect against power rather than shield a usurper or tyrant.

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Charles Sumner: “The technicalities of law were invented for protection against power, not for the immunity of a usurper or tyrant.”