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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
The Court has ignored restrictions on its authority, inserting itself into policy debates that are supposed to be entrusted exclusively to the two political branches.
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Ben Sasse
Republican · Nebraska

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Sasse accuses the Supreme Court of overstepping its constitutional bounds.

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