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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: throwing out that law when it has worked and is continuing to work is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2020
throwing out that law when it has worked and is continuing to work is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you're not getting wet
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Justice Ginsburg critiques the Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act.

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