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Rand Paul: “If you do not have to go to a court, and you go to a court that does not obey the Constitution, that is held in secret…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2021
If you do not have to go to a court, and you go to a court that does not obey the Constitution, that is held in secret, that is not justice, and it is going to be ripe for abuse.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Critiques the secretive nature of FISA courts and potential for abuse.

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