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Mike Lee: It is emphatically the duty and the province of the courts to say what the law is.

On the recordJanuary 22, 2013
It is emphatically the duty and the province of the courts to say what the law is.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee emphasizes the judicial branch's responsibility to interpret the law.

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