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John Cornyn: if the Supreme Court of the United States is not going to constrain the power grabs of the Federal Government and…

On the recordJune 30, 2010
if the Supreme Court of the United States is not going to constrain the power grabs of the Federal Government and constrain Congress in terms of its reach down to people's everyday lives, that there remain only two constitutional options available: one is either to pass a constitutional amendment, for Congress to propose it, and then to have that ratified by three-quarters of the States, or for a constitutional convention to be convened for purposes of proposing constitutional limits on Congress, which would then have to be ratified by three-quarters of the States.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn discusses constitutional options against federal overreach if the Supreme Court fails to act.

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