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If Congress, under the Constitutional Amendment, can secure equality of civil rights, may it not, a fortiori, secure equality in political rights, under the same clause?
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Sumner posits that if Congress can ensure civil rights equality, it logically follows that it can also secure political rights equality, reinforcing his argument for broader rights.
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