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John McCain: “How does anyone, much less an unelected bureaucrat, in all due respect, take it upon herself to say that here's the…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2009
How does anyone, much less an unelected bureaucrat, in all due respect, take it upon herself to say that here's the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which through all the Constitution requirements were fulfilled and she's not going to act?
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain questions the authority of a bureaucrat to ignore a Supreme Court decision.

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