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Robert Gates: “The only way a law can change is if Congress acts or if the courts overturn it.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2010
The only way a law can change is if Congress acts or if the courts overturn it.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

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Gates states that legislative or judicial action is necessary for law changes.

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