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Mitch McConnell: Our constitutional rights do not depend on whether unelected judges believe they advance democracy as they conceive it.

On the recordJune 2, 2014
Our constitutional rights do not depend on whether unelected judges believe they advance democracy as they conceive it.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

McConnell emphasizes that constitutional rights are individual, not collective.

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