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On the recordMay 6, 2013
it is certainly a legitimate government purpose, whether you agree with it or not, to avoid taking something to the Supreme Court
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the government's discretion to avoid potentially damaging Supreme Court cases.

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