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Jerry Nadler: “The Supreme Court in the disastrous and shameful Shelby County v. Holder decision in 2013 substituted its own judgment…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
The Supreme Court in the disastrous and shameful Shelby County v. Holder decision in 2013 substituted its own judgment for that of Congress.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler criticizes the Supreme Court's ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act.

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