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If there be doubt on the Constitution, there is none on the statute.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If there be doubt on the Constitution, there is none on the statute.”
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He states that while there may be ambiguity in the Constitution, the statute in question is clear and unambiguous.
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