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Barack Obama: Economic justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook. It is about how our laws affect the…

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
Economic justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook. It is about how our laws affect the daily reality of people's lives.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized the real-world impact of Supreme Court decisions on workplace rights.

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