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Arlen Specter: “The authority of the Congress under the Commerce Clause was unchallenged for 60 years and then in Lopez and Morrison cut…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2011
The authority of the Congress under the Commerce Clause was unchallenged for 60 years and then in Lopez and Morrison cut back.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the erosion of Congressional authority by Supreme Court decisions.

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