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Orrin Hatch: Was not the Senator there in those Judiciary Committee hearings when these experts on constitutional law from the left…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Was not the Senator there in those Judiciary Committee hearings when these experts on constitutional law from the left to the right said this bill would not be constitutional, would be highly suspect.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Questioning the constitutionality of a bill during a Senate debate.

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