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This is a solecism in politics, an absurdity in reason, which I trust this honorable court will not willingly by their act attach to an instrument so highly and justly revered as the Constitution of our Government.
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Sumner describes the inconsistency of allowing a convicted individual to hold a Senate seat as a political absurdity.
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