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It increases the power of the Republic to do equal and exact justice to all its citizens, and curtails the power of the States to shelter the wrong-doer or to authorize crime by a statute.
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He argues that the Republic should ensure justice for all citizens while limiting state powers that allow wrongdoing.
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