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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses how the Department of Justice can choose not to enforce laws.

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