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Ed Markey: When a young person writes an op-ed in the student newspaper and get whisked off of the streets of Tuffs University to a…

On the recordMay 5, 2025
When a young person writes an op-ed in the student newspaper and get whisked off of the streets of Tuffs University to a prison in Louisiana with no charges that is what we are debating today.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the risks of detaining students for political speech.

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