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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
It just seems to be, and it causes me to think about this, if the Supreme Court's involved in deep policy effect deliberations and then configuring decisions so it brings about their preferred policy result, I wonder if this Congress could just simply make our own ruling on the Constitution and ignore the court.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King speculates on Congress's power to override Supreme Court decisions.

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