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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
But do you believe that a change in policy, a political calculation-based policy decision should affect the way the Solicitor General operates in deciding when, whether, and under what circumstances to defend a law?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee questions if political decisions should influence legal defense by the Solicitor General.

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