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"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"

Marion Barry, American Politician

Society, Congress, Laws, Right

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"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"

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"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"

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