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A power founded on implied necessity must fail when the necessity does not exist.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A power founded on implied necessity must fail when the necessity does not exist.”
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Sumner argues that power based on necessity is inherently unstable and will collapse when that necessity is removed.
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