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Trent Franks: “If American Presidents in the future should consider these days precedents and consider themselves unconstrained to the…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
If American Presidents in the future should consider these days precedents and consider themselves unconstrained to the Constitution as a matter of routine, the rule of law in America will be no more.
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Trent Franks
Arizona

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Franks warns that presidential overreach threatens the rule of law.

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