It is easy to cry out against it; it is easy, by misapplication of the Constitution, to call it in question; but it is only by such misapplication, or by senseless cry, that its complete constitutionality can for a moment be drawn into doubt.
Sumner critiques those who question the constitutionality of War Powers, suggesting such doubts arise from misinterpretation.
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