Charles Sumner: “Its business is to decide “cases,”--not to sit in judgment on Acts of…”

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Its business is to decide “cases,”--not to sit in judgment on Acts of Congress and issue its tribunitial veto.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes that the Supreme Court's role is to decide cases, not to judge the validity of Acts of Congress.

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Charles Sumner: “Its business is to decide “cases,”--not to sit in judgment on Acts of Congress and issue its tribunitial veto.”