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Richard Blumenthal: “The President may decline to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the President deems the statute…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
The President may decline to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the President deems the statute unconstitutional, even if a court has held or would hold the statute constitutional.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal discusses presidential discretion in enforcing laws deemed unconstitutional.

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