03/29/2011
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"the Voting Rights Act was absolutely essential to reverse the problem that we had in the South of systemic voter suppression"
"I am honored to have your support, Senator Hatch."
"The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress."
"Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute."