I think that Congress is as good an authority in its interpretation as the Supreme Court, and I hope that in legislation it will proceed absolutely without respect to a decision which has disgraced the country, and ought to be expelled from its jurisprudence.
Sumner argues that Congress should not be bound by a Supreme Court decision he views as disgraceful.
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