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Bob Goodlatte: “The mere fact that past Presidents have done stuff and Congress didn't object does not make it constitutional, right?”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
The mere fact that past Presidents have done stuff and Congress didn't object does not make it constitutional, right?
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte emphasizes that past practices do not determine constitutionality.

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