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Arlen Specter: “Would you not at least agree with a proposition that conflicts between the Congress and the executive branch are of the…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
Would you not at least agree with a proposition that conflicts between the Congress and the executive branch are of the highest duty for the Supreme Court to consider and to decide?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Senator Specter asserts the importance of Supreme Court involvement in Congress-executive conflicts.

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