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On the recordJune 24, 2009
I disagreed with her opinion, and yet I recall that she said--she wrote in that opinion that perhaps there would be a time in the future, perhaps 25 years in the future, where we could back and revisit and where we would no longer justify preferences.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King references Justice O'Connor's opinion on affirmative action and future reconsideration.

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