Is or not the Constitution, and the laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof, and all the treaties made under the authority of the United States, the supreme law of the land, which all persons, without any exception whatever, are bound to obey?
Sumner asserts the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the United States over all individuals.
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