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On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
The Supreme Court in Raines v. Byrd made it clear that if Members want to assert an institutional injury, the executive's act must effectively nullify a prior act of Congress.
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Jim Gerlach
Pennsylvania

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Gerlach references a Supreme Court case regarding Congressional authority.

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