Holder Memo Says Obama Didn’t Question Powers of Courts
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The Obama administration never questioned the power of federal courts to review the validity of legislation, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a panel of appeals judges in a letter.
U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith ordered the Justice Department to give the appellate court a three-page, single-spaced memo detailing the Obama administration’s views on courts’ authority to overturn laws that judges find unconstitutional.