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The Tenure-of-Office Act cannot be treated otherwise than as constitutional,--certainly not in the Senate, where some among the apologists of the President voted for it.
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Sumner asserts that the Tenure-of-Office Act must be considered constitutional, especially in the Senate's context.
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