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Eisenhower: “Each of us has very great trouble understanding, but even so, I think we should not forget this: the Supreme Court is…”

On the recordJune 25, 1957
Each of us has very great trouble understanding, but even so, I think we should not forget this: the Supreme Court is just as essential to our system of government as is the President or the Congress.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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