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Patricia Schroeder: The gentlewoman knows that we always want to win it the first time, but I want to say also I want to make sure that…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1995
The gentlewoman knows that we always want to win it the first time, but I want to say also I want to make sure that people have those rights and they have the right to immediately go up, and I think the gentleman knows that all the Federal courts have randomly assigned judges and that, unless there is only one judge on the circuit, one cannot forum shop really in the Federal courts. I guess the other question I have is: If you have a constitutional issue that comes out of a legislature, why should that have a lesser right, if you think this is a higher right, than one by referendum?
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the rights related to constitutional issues and federal court procedures.

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