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Jamie Raskin: “We are the lawmaking branch. We have the power over the amending process.”

On the recordOctober 20, 2021
We are the lawmaking branch. We have the power over the amending process.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin asserts Congress's authority in the constitutional amending process.

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