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Jeff Flake: “It is for Congress, not the courts, to write new law.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
It is for Congress, not the courts, to write new law.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake emphasizes the role of Congress in lawmaking versus judicial interpretation.

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