Teddy Roosevelt: “If deliberately introduced for the purpose of diminishing the…”

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If deliberately introduced for the purpose of diminishing the effectiveness of war against crime it could not have been better devised to this end.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that the amendment was intentionally designed to undermine efforts against crime.

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