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Jerry Nadler: “I do not believe that detention purely on the basis of some assessment of dangerous is lawful under any law.”

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I do not believe that detention purely on the basis of some assessment of dangerous is lawful under any law.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler argues against unlawful detention based on danger assessments.

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