12/12/2011
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"I have been made aware in the last several years how this process works."
"The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress."
"That is the core responsibility of the Attorney General, absolutely."
"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."