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Arlen Specter: “It is infrequent that we have such a blatant case of judicial lawmaking.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
It is infrequent that we have such a blatant case of judicial lawmaking.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Specter highlights the issue of judicial lawmaking in the context of civil rights.

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