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Three fourths of the actual Legislatures of this Union have ratified the proposed Amendment, and I insist, on the text of the Constitution, and also on the reason of the case, that such ratification is complete.
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Sumner insists that the ratification of the proposed Amendment is complete based on constitutional text and reasoning.
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