On the recordJune 30, 2010
If you engage in fact finding, if the court does that, the court is transgressing into the Congressional area.
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congress.govIf you engage in fact finding, if the court does that, the court is transgressing into the Congressional area.
Specter warns against judicial overreach into legislative functions.
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