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This, to the minds of some persons, is so important that a violation of the Constitution is justified as a means of bringing it about.
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Johnson points out the flawed morality of justifying constitutional violations for perceived beneficial outcomes.
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I would therefore recommend such an amendment of the Constitution as may remove all intermediate agency in the election of the President and Vice-President.
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Strongly impressed with the truth of these views, I feel called upon by an imperative sense of duty to revive substantially the recommendation so often and so earnestly made by President Jackson.
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The danger of a defeat of the people's choice in an election by the House of Representatives remains unprovided for in the Constitution.
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