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On the recordFebruary 4, 2022
Why is America such an extraordinary country? We are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. We`re unified by one constitution and one rule of law and then the values under our Constitution. It is an aspiration. It`s a challenge to us. The Constitution shouldn`t be some kind of fetish document. It should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin discusses the unifying aspects of America and the importance of the Constitution.

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