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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
I cannot think of another right that the Court pays less attention to or throws more readily under the bus.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse criticizes the Court's neglect of the Seventh Amendment right to a jury.

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