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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “My colleagues are fond of holding up the Constitution as some kind of prop.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
My colleagues are fond of holding up the Constitution as some kind of prop.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton critiques colleagues for misusing the Constitution in discussions.

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