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Patrick Leahy: “Justice Scalia, under our Constitution, what is the role, if any, the judges play in making budgetary choices or…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Justice Scalia, under our Constitution, what is the role, if any, the judges play in making budgetary choices or determining what is the best allocation of taxpayer resources? Is that within their proper role or is that somewhere else?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy questions Scalia about judges' roles in budgetary decisions.

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