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Jim Risch: “It is ultra vires. It raises serious separation-of-powers issues.”

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
It is ultra vires. It raises serious separation-of-powers issues.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch highlights legal concerns about the Secretary's order affecting mining regulations.

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