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Jackie Speier: Terms to describe consent decrees like 'mandate madness' and 'sue and settle' are catchy political slogans.

On the recordJune 27, 2012
Terms to describe consent decrees like 'mandate madness' and 'sue and settle' are catchy political slogans.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier dismisses derogatory terms used against consent decrees as misleading.

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