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Gavin Newsom: Should we go in front of the voters every time there is an adjudication in the courts that we don't like and submit the…

On the recordNovember 18, 2008
Should we go in front of the voters every time there is an adjudication in the courts that we don't like and submit the rights of minorities to the whims of the majority, based upon the morality of the day?
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Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California

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Newsom questions the appropriateness of allowing majority votes to determine minority rights.

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