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On the recordJuly 16, 2012
That is an interesting question. One would have to look into the hearts of those five Justices to get the answer to it. But why they would be willing to make such a dramatic, activist move without working with four other colleagues to try to bring them along-- why it is always those five making these activist steps toward the Republican agenda is a question I can't answer. What is their motive? They know that in their hearts. I don't. One can observe that over and over again, the five Justices who are performing the Republican role on that Supreme Court are delivering the goods and doing things that advance the Republican agenda. That is not me talking, those are people who have followed this Court for decades-- the most prominent writers about the Supreme Court--who noted that fact.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jul 16, 2012

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