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It mistakes the Constitution in attributing to it any such absurd limitation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It mistakes the Constitution in attributing to it any such absurd limitation.”
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Sumner argues that the Constitution does not impose absurd limitations on what constitutes impeachable offenses.
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