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Eric Holder: “It seems to me it is difficult to imagine a set of circumstances... that the President would be acting in an appropriate…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
It seems to me it is difficult to imagine a set of circumstances... that the President would be acting in an appropriate way given the Jackson construct.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder discusses limitations on presidential power under the law.

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