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Antonin Scalia: “I'm optimistic enough to believe that one day Stenberg v. Carhart will be assigned to its rightful place in the history…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
I'm optimistic enough to believe that one day Stenberg v. Carhart will be assigned to its rightful place in the history of this Court's jurisprudence beside Korematsu and Dred Scott.
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Antonin Scalia

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Scalia expressed hope that future courts would correct the ruling in Stenberg v. Carhart.

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