So, also, when it declares that the judicial power shall extend to “all cases in law and equity” arising under the National Constitution, it recognizes the distinction between law and equity peculiar to English law.
Here, Sumner highlights the distinction between law and equity as recognized in the U.S. Constitution, rooted in English legal tradition.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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