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Bob Goodlatte: “The Obama administration, however, has ignored the Constitution's carefully balanced separation of powers and…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2013
The Obama administration, however, has ignored the Constitution's carefully balanced separation of powers and unilaterally granted itself the extra-constitutional authority to amend the laws and to waive or suspend their enforcement.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Criticism of the Obama administration's actions regarding separation of powers.

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