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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
It follows, I would submit to you, that the courts must retain the sole authority to issue binding interpretations of law.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford insists that only courts should interpret laws, opposing agency authority.

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