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Jerry Nadler: Excuse me, the Federal Government doesn't have the right to insist on states meeting constitutional rights?

On the recordMarch 25, 2009
Excuse me, the Federal Government doesn't have the right to insist on states meeting constitutional rights?
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler questions the limits of federal authority in enforcing constitutional rights.

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