John Adams once said that 'representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty.'
Jamie Raskin: “John Adams once said that 'representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty.'”
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Raskin emphasizes the importance of jury trials in democracy.
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