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John Cornyn: “The federal government can come in and under appropriate…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator John Cornyn Discusses Republican Spending Bill, Border Security, and Re-election Campaign

Published | Video Starts at 07:23

There is both. The parallel jurisdiction really Most murder cases for, for example, involuntary manslaughter cases, which perhaps this may be, we don't yet know would be state charges. But The federal government can come in and under appropriate circumstances and pursue federal charges if indeed the state charges are inappropriate or inadequate to achieve justice. So that's something we are working on and actively looking at. The US Court of International Trade unanimously blocked President Trump's from imposing those sweeping tariffs. The three justices are on this court. (07:23–07:35)

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Asserts that the federal government can pursue charges if state charges are inadequate.

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