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\"BlogRawstory<\/b> – President Donald Trump\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was grilled during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questioned Gorsuch on the president\u2019s campaign stance to bring back waterboarding, sending a warning of his own to Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have said several times he is not above the law,\u201d Graham said in the hearing, referring to the president. \u201cSo if we have laws on the book that prevent waterboarding \u2014 do you agree with me that the Detainee Treatment Act prevents waterboarding?\u201d<\/p>\n

The practice was determined to be illegal under two Senate-ratified treaties, including the Senate-ratified Convention Against Torture and the Senate-ratified Geneva Conventions. Its use was also banned under the federal War Crimes Act.<\/p>\n

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