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Chris Smith: If there ever was an Achilles heel, there are lots of them, it is the unenforced order.

On the recordApril 5, 2017
If there ever was an Achilles heel, there are lots of them, it is the unenforced order.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the issue of unenforced legal orders in child abduction cases.

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