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Terri Sewell: “Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.”

On the recordOctober 16, 2019
Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Argues for the necessity of preclearance to combat racial discrimination in voting.

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