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Now the question is directly presented by these decisions, whether under the written text of the Constitution of the United States you can ingraft upon our institutions the Law and Custom of Parliament.
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Sumner raises a critical question about whether the U.S. Constitution allows the incorporation of British parliamentary customs into American governance.
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