Assertion: amendment's purpose | /r/HasProperty | defeated by neglect
Facets:
value: altogether
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: But the law may make provision for the enrolment of all who are fit to perform military duty, or of a small number only, or it may wholly omit to make any provision at all; and if the right were limited to those enrolled, the purpose of this guaranty might be defeated altogether by the action or neglect to act of the government it was meant to hold in check.