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We are left to argument and inference, in order to ascertain whether this great attribute belongs with the war-making power to Congress, or with the treaty-making power to the President and Senate.
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Sumner emphasizes the need for argument and inference to determine the ownership of the treaty-abrogating power in the U.S. government.
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