Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.
Terri Sewell: “Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.”
On the recordOctober 16, 2019
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Argues for the necessity of preclearance to combat racial discrimination in voting.
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