But in bestowing upon the Government War Powers without limitation, they embodied in the Constitution all the Rights of War as completely as if those rights had been severally set down and enumerated; and among the first of these is the right to disregard the Rights of Peace.
Sumner argues that the Constitution inherently includes the Rights of War, which can override the Rights of Peace.
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