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Al Franken: the court should show 'special solicitude for the despised and disadvantaged, the people who went unprotected by every…

On the recordJune 30, 2010
the court should show 'special solicitude for the despised and disadvantaged, the people who went unprotected by every other organ of government and who had no other champion.'
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken references Justice Marshall's view on protecting the disadvantaged.

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