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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

On the recordJune 23, 2021
like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
New York

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Ginsburg criticized the removal of voting protections during ongoing discrimination.

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