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Then comes the Apology of Prerogative, being nothing less than the intolerable pretension that the President can sit in judgment on Acts of Congress, and, in his discretion, refuse to execute them.
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Sumner argues against the President's power to unilaterally judge and refuse to execute laws passed by Congress.
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