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Orrin Hatch: “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Hatch references Marbury v. Madison to highlight the judiciary's role in interpreting law.

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