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As the country prepares for congressional investigations and possibly impeachments, the Supreme Court's Trump-friendly majority is poised again to put its thumb on the constitutional scale in two instances.
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Upgrade this serverAs the country prepares for congressional investigations and possibly impeachments, the Supreme Court's Trump-friendly majority is poised again to put its thumb on the constitutional scale in two instances.
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