I will not allow good, decent lawyers who have followed the greatest traditions of American jurisprudence, done what John Adams did, done what our Chief Justice has said is appropriate, I will not allow their reputations to be besmirched.
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We cannot allow what happened on January 6 to go unpunished, because then it would invite something like that to happen again in the future.
And unless we have the kind of courage that Alice Paul, Thomas Dorr exhibited in the past, in addition to the other people we mentioned in the book, we could lose our democracy.
The cornerstone of American civil rights law. I am deeply disappointed, deeply disappointed with the court`s decision.
Given what we have learned, I think that he probably has to be held accountable.
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