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Glenn Grothman: “Under our Constitution, our forefathers never dreamed we'd…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Discussion on Judicial Power and Historical Precedents with Speaker Gingrich and Ms. Shaw

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

But it's either about a century old or a little more. But I don't think there's much suggestion that there were injunctions of this sort in the early. Okay. That would be an indication that Under our Constitution, our forefathers never dreamed we'd have these type of rulings come from somebody who just. It comes from an individual district. But. Well, ask. I could tell Speaker Gingrich wanted to get in one more swing here. So we'll let you get in the swing and then I'll look. (04:58–05:09)

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Asserts that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate nationwide rulings from individual district courts.

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