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When before was it imagined by sensible men that a regulative or declarative statute, whether enacted ten or forty years ago, is irrepealable; that an act of Congress is above the Constitution?
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gutenberg.orgFranklin Pierce: “When before was it imagined by sensible men that a regulative or declarative statute, whether enacted ten or forty years…”
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Pierce questions the notion that past legislative acts should be considered unchangeable, challenging the idea of their supremacy over the Constitution.
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