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Arlen Specter: “The court pulled the rug out from Congress, affirming the constitutionality where it had been in effect for 100 years.”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
The court pulled the rug out from Congress, affirming the constitutionality where it had been in effect for 100 years.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter critiques the Supreme Court's decision affecting Congressional authority.

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