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Jerry Nadler: “The supremacy clause does not trump the Fourth Amendment, and that the Federal courts have held detainers…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2015
The supremacy clause does not trump the Fourth Amendment, and that the Federal courts have held detainers unconstitutional.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler defends the Fourth Amendment against federal detainers.

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