Charles Sumner: “The absence of all language conferring this extraordinary power is…”

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The absence of all language conferring this extraordinary power is itself an unanswerable argument against the existence of the power.

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Sumner argues that the lack of explicit language in the Constitution regarding treaty abrogation is a strong argument against such power.

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Charles Sumner: “The absence of all language conferring this extraordinary power is itself an unanswerable argument against the existence…”