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On the recordMarch 24, 1868
I can not give my assent to a measure which proposes to deprive any person 'restrained of his or her liberty in violation of the Constitution or of any treaty. or law of the United States' from the right of appeal to the highest judicial authority.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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