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Eric Holder: “This is a court that is -- at least with regard to five of its members, are pretty radical, and not at all feeling that…”

On the recordMay 10, 2022
This is a court that is -- at least with regard to five of its members, are pretty radical, and not at all feeling that they have to be bound by the notion of precedence.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder characterizes the current Supreme Court as radical and lacking respect for legal precedents.

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