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Lance Russell: “The United States Supreme Court looks to the Federalist…”

Featuring: Lance Russell, Republican | Member, South Dakota Senate, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 02:22

And I don't know how many of you, I would imagine a group of these folks has a pretty good idea of what the Federalist Papers are. Now, even the courts, The United States Supreme Court looks to the Federalist Papers to interpret the Constitution of the United States of America. And I think that it's important that we get back to what the founders put forth as what we intended with the Constitution. (02:22–02:30)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court uses the Federalist Papers for constitutional interpretation.

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