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There is a higher agency that may be invoked, which is at the same time under the Constitution and above the Constitution: I mean Martial Law in its plenitude, and declared by solemn Proclamation.
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Sumner discusses the concept of Martial Law as a powerful force that exists both within and above the Constitution.
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