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Edward M. Kennedy: Congress passes laws, but this president says that he has the sole power to decide whether or not he has to obey those…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2006
Congress passes laws, but this president says that he has the sole power to decide whether or not he has to obey those laws. Is that proper? I don't think so.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Kennedy questions the legality of presidential power in relation to Congress.

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