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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2019
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is 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 Supreme Court's decision to eliminate preclearance for voting rights.

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