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Bob Ferguson: “The federal government is arguing, their lawyers are arguing, the president is arguing that no court can examine what…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
The federal government is arguing, their lawyers are arguing, the president is arguing that no court can examine what the president is doing. And that is not the law.
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Bob Ferguson
Washington

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Ferguson contends that the courts have the authority to review the president's actions regarding the travel ban.

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