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Sonia Sotomayor: “Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its…”

On the recordMay 2, 2022
Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts, I don’t see how it is possible.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York
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msnbc.com

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Sotomayor questions the integrity of the Supreme Court in light of its perceived political actions.

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