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Chuck Schumer: I have no idea how he feels about the first amendment or about the 11th amendment, and the balance between the Federal…

On the recordMarch 11, 2003
I have no idea how he feels about the first amendment or about the 11th amendment, and the balance between the Federal Government and the States, the very issues the Founding Fathers wanted us to know. The judiciary, and I know my colleague knows this, is the one nonelected branch of the government.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the role of the judiciary and constitutional amendments.

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