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Mitch McConnell: “The Supreme Court, in effect, ordered us to pass military commission law, which we did a couple of years ago.”

On the recordApril 29, 2009
The Supreme Court, in effect, ordered us to pass military commission law, which we did a couple of years ago.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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McConnell discusses the Supreme Court's influence on military commission law.

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