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Jerry Nadler: We have the right, but I do not believe we have the right, given the fact that the Bill of Rights postdates the grant of…

On the recordJuly 19, 2006
We have the right, but I do not believe we have the right, given the fact that the Bill of Rights postdates the grant of the jurisdiction-setting authority in the Constitution, I do not think we have the right to take away from the Supreme Court the ability to protect constitutional rights. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 seconds to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott).
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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