The Court’s decision today is not the first to so weaken the landmark civil rights protections that Congress enacted during the Reconstruction Era.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “The Court’s decision today is not the first to so weaken the landmark civil rights protections that Congress enacted…”
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Jackson highlights the ongoing erosion of civil rights protections by the court.
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