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Antonin Scalia: “Even the name of it is wonderful, the Voting Rights Act. Who is going to vote against that in the future?”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Even the name of it is wonderful, the Voting Rights Act. Who is going to vote against that in the future?
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Antonin Scalia

Editor's note · Context

Scalia questioned the sincerity of Congress's support for the Voting Rights Act.

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