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Orrin Hatch: If America's founders thought religious liberty so important that they put multiple protections explicitly in the First…

On the recordApril 9, 2013
If America's founders thought religious liberty so important that they put multiple protections explicitly in the First Amendment, why would that not trump a statute?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Senator Hatch questions the interpretation of religious liberty protections in law.

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