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Richard Cordray: Americans may be free and are free to disagree with the law, but they are not free to disobey it.

On the recordSeptember 5, 2011
Americans may be free and are free to disagree with the law, but they are not free to disobey it.
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Richard Cordray

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Affirming that disagreement with a law does not justify disobedience.

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