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Derrick Van Orden: “The Veterans Administration does not have the authority to…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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'Are You Calling For The Repeal Of The Second Amendment?': Derrick Van Orden Confronts Official

Published | Video Starts at 02:38

And in reading law, in the book Reading Law, Antonin Scalia goes through the developmental process of the Second Amendment, and I think that you're misinterpreting what he's saying. So now listen here. What we're doing is we are subverting the second Amendment. The Veterans Administration does not have the authority to remove constitutional rights now or ever. This body, including my Democrat colleagues, are the only body that are chartered by our Constitution that can change it. You are not. Neither is he. You can't do that. (02:38–02:45)

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Asserts that the Veterans Administration lacks authority to remove constitutional rights.

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