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Jimmy Carter: “To ease the burden on the United States District Courts, which must hear major drug cases, I support legislation…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1977
To ease the burden on the United States District Courts, which must hear major drug cases, I support legislation widening the jurisdiction of U.S. Magistrates under certain circumstances to include misdemeanor offenses.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Drug Abuse Message to the Congress

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