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Ken Cuccinelli: “I would suggest to you that the proper course is to amend the Constitution if some alternative power is believed to be…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
I would suggest to you that the proper course is to amend the Constitution if some alternative power is believed to be more necessary or appropriate to our time that was not originally granted to the Federal Government.
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Ken Cuccinelli
Virginia

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Cuccinelli argues for constitutional amendments to adapt to modern needs.

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