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Kelly Hancock: “We basically chose not to argue against the Constitution.”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Published | Video Starts at 06:02

Col. So, yes, that, you know, viewing it as being unconstitutional and not in compliance with the Constitution, the attorney general's office chose not to take up the case, which then let us make the decision. And when I took the office, I. We basically chose not to argue against the Constitution. So we are approaching that client. And part of the reasons that we did this is to avoid using taxpayer dollars on a case that we believed was unconstitutional and, you know, frankly, not the way to use taxpayer dollars. (06:02–06:08)

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