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Carl Levin: “I think the burden to maintain a discriminatory policy is on the people who maintain the policy, not on the people who…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I think the burden to maintain a discriminatory policy is on the people who maintain the policy, not on the people who want to end it.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin argues that those supporting discrimination should justify it.

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