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On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Is it the experience and knowledge of the distinguished chairman of the committee that the legal scholarship may be shown by these rulings, by these drafts, but they do not in any way reflect, necessarily, the views of the clerk or the assistant?
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Julian Bond
Alabama

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Questioning the interpretation of legal scholarship in committee rulings.

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