We've never seen anything like this. There is -- not that I've ever seen. I mean, when the five Republicans go off and change the law for the benefit of big Republican interests, that does leave four dismayed Democratic appointees saying what the heck just happened around here.
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Senator Whitehouse comments on the unprecedented nature of the Supreme Court's decisions favoring Republican interests.
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