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Tom Coburn: “What if we have a statute that has been previously signed by the executive branch, passed by Congress, and we have an…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
What if we have a statute that has been previously signed by the executive branch, passed by Congress, and we have an executive order that undermines the statute?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn poses a hypothetical about conflicts between executive orders and statutes.

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