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Russ Feingold: I have been very concerned about the extreme and wrong-headed legal theories that the outgoing administration came up…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I have been very concerned about the extreme and wrong-headed legal theories that the outgoing administration came up with to justify assertions of executive power beyond what the Constitution allows.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold criticizes the previous administration's legal theories on executive power.

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