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Mike Lee: But aren't there countless circumstances in which we benefit from the fact that there is some perhaps minimal…

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
But aren't there countless circumstances in which we benefit from the fact that there is some perhaps minimal uncertainty, the Sword of Damocles effect, in the fact that the courts could step in in a given circumstance? Doesn't that that keep Members of Congress honest?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee questions whether judicial oversight helps maintain congressional accountability.

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