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Mike Lee: “The text is the guiding--is the principle guidepost. The text normally is the beginning and the end of the analysis when…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
The text is the guiding--is the principle guidepost. The text normally is the beginning and the end of the analysis when you are interpreting something.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee emphasizes the importance of text in legal interpretation.

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