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Jamie Raskin: “The Founders were very clear in spelling out what they saw to be the greatest abuses that would raise the most concerns…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2019
The Founders were very clear in spelling out what they saw to be the greatest abuses that would raise the most concerns for our Nation.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses the Founders' concerns about presidential abuses.

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