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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
The Supreme Court has never authorized a statute of that nature, and I think would be contrary to due process and most of the values that the United States stands for.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler highlights that no Supreme Court ruling supports detention based solely on dangerousness.

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