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Samuel Alito: “It is dangerous to allow an individual to be treated differently based on statistics, studies, or expert testimony that…”

On the recordJune 23, 2026
It is dangerous to allow an individual to be treated differently based on statistics, studies, or expert testimony that purports to show that members of the racial or ethnic group to which he belongs are more likely to act in a certain way than are members of other groups.
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Samuel Alito

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Dissenting opinion on police treatment based on race.

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