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Nothing more strikingly shows the spirit of unity which the Constitution brought into being than the unbroken success with which the Supreme Court has discharged this difficult and most delicate duty.
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Beck reflects on the Supreme Court's successful role in upholding the unity of the Constitution.
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It discusses a great malaise of our age, for which, I fear, no written Constitution, however wise, is an adequate remedy.
Other nations may not take it so literally, but with our life-long adherence to a written Constitution as a solemn contractual obligation, we do.
Pennsylvania and New York, with nearly one-sixth of the entire population of the United States, have only four votes in ninety-six votes in the Senate.
The spirit of man had a new birth and was breaking away from the too rigid bonds of ancient custom and authority.
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