Charles Sumner: “If applied to the Senate, it must be interpreted by the National…”

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If applied to the Senate, it must be interpreted by the National Constitution, and cannot be made in any respect a source of power or a constraint.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the Senate's interpretation of terms must align with the Constitution.

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