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Eric Holder: “I do not think so. If you look at that OLC opinion, I think that the rationale, the analysis that they did, I think is…”

On the recordJune 11, 2012
I do not think so. If you look at that OLC opinion, I think that the rationale, the analysis that they did, I think is constitutionally sound.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder defends the legality of the President's recess appointments.

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