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Jerry Nadler: “The President does not have the authority to detain people on the basis of dangerousness.”

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
The President does not have the authority to detain people on the basis of dangerousness.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler asserts that the President lacks authority for preventive detention based on perceived danger.

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