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Jamie Raskin: “The ideological forebears of Mr. Rokita and Mr. Berry and Ms. Stepman, like Robert Bork, were arguing against the Civil…”

On the recordJune 26, 2024
The ideological forebears of Mr. Rokita and Mr. Berry and Ms. Stepman, like Robert Bork, were arguing against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin connects current opposition to civil rights to historical figures.

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