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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
But when the courts decide to identify an unenumerated right and negate anything that conflicts with it, can't you see how they might just--might feel that this is illegitimate or a sort of policymaking that you--that you have disavowed by saying that you don't want to make policy, you want to stay in your lane?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn expresses concern over courts creating unenumerated rights and their legitimacy.

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