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Cory Booker: “The language we use and the language our courts use to describe people... really matters a great deal.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
The language we use and the language our courts use to describe people... really matters a great deal.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Highlighting the significance of language in legal contexts.

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