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On the recordJune 27, 2025
I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
Source
msnbc.com

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Sessions criticized a judge's power to block presidential initiatives.

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