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If, on the other hand, this Act is constitutional, the prerogative of removal is not in the President, and he violated the National Constitution when he assumed to exercise it.
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Sumner argues that if the Tenure-of-Office Act is constitutional, then the President's removal power is invalidated, highlighting a constitutional conflict.
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