Just the opposite, Mr. Chairman. Again, under federal law, you know--under the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona Constitution, we have the Equal Protection Clause.
Russell Pearce: “Just the opposite, Mr. Chairman. Again, under federal law, you know--under the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona…”
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Pearce defends the law against accusations of promoting racial profiling.
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