Thus far during the existence of the Government the Supreme Court of the United States has been viewed by the people as the true expounder of their Constitution, and in the most violent party conflicts its judgments and decrees have always been sought and deferred to with confidence and respect.
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My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
The danger of a defeat of the people's choice in an election by the House of Representatives remains unprovided for in the Constitution.
Feeling constrained to withhold my consent, I herewith return the resolution to the Senate, in which House it originated, with a brief statement of the reasons which have induced my action.
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject, with its accompanying papers.
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