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On the recordSeptember 21, 2009
I do take a little bit of a pride of authorship in the fact that with the Sensenbrenner PATRIOT Act, 15 of the 17 expanded law enforcement provisions either went unchallenged as to their constitutionality in almost 8 years.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner defends the PATRIOT Act's constitutionality and its lack of legal challenges.

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