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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Well, who would find within that document a source of substantive rights? Legislatures do not need to use the Citizenship Clause to pass a welfare bill.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Jeff Sessions questions the relevance of the Citizenship Clause for legislative action.

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