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On the recordMarch 12, 2003
I want to make sure this is understood by Members of the Senate and those following this debate, and I want to ask this question: Am I correct in my assumption that the exact language of S. 3, which is currently before us, was the same language in the Nebraska statute that was found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the constitutionality of language in S. 3 during Senate debate.

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