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Joe Crowley: What I would suggest, though, is the possibility the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was put in place to prevent a…

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
What I would suggest, though, is the possibility the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was put in place to prevent a dictatorship.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley emphasizes the importance of the Constitution in preventing dictatorship.

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