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Peter DeFazio: “Does the Constitution--does that trump a statute?”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
Does the Constitution--does that trump a statute?
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio questions the precedence of the Constitution over statutes.

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