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I have shown, first, that it revives a most odious judgment, and, secondly, that it subverts a received rule of interpretation, and degrades that Constitutional Amendment which is the glory of our recent history.
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Sumner outlines two significant consequences of a legislative action: reviving a negative judgment and undermining a constitutional interpretation.
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