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Richard Blumenthal: “The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
The problem is with the theory that, if honestly applied, does not get there.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal critiques the originalist theory's failure to support Brown v. Board of Education.

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