Lincoln Chafee: “Judge Kane found there was a compelling interest. But not narrowly…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1998

Judge Kane found there was a compelling interest. But not narrowly tailored. There have to be two standards: narrowly tailored and compelling interest. Narrowly tailored was not met and, consequently, this effort to jimmy around with the regulations is not going to cure the problem. What is going to happen, if the Senator is successful in defeating the amendment, is that some other plaintiff is going to have to bring some other case, at a cost of thousands in legal fees, to get this struck down one more time.

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Lincoln Chafee

Rhode Island

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Discussing legal standards and implications of an amendment during Senate debate.

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Lincoln Chafee: “Judge Kane found there was a compelling interest. But not narrowly tailored. There have to be two standards: narrowly…”

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