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Dick Durbin: “I join him in wondering just how and why those who profess to oppose judicial activism have voiced their support for…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
I join him in wondering just how and why those who profess to oppose judicial activism have voiced their support for these Supreme Court decisions.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin questions the inconsistency of those opposing judicial activism while supporting certain Supreme Court rulings.

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