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Mike Johnson: “If you want to make that argument, you are supposed to go to a Federal court, the third branch of government, to resolve…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
If you want to make that argument, you are supposed to go to a Federal court, the third branch of government, to resolve a dispute between the executive and the legislature.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson argues that disputes should be resolved in court, not through congressional obstruction.

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