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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I worry about that because my view is that the founders put the jury in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights in…”

On the recordJune 28, 2011
I worry about that because my view is that the founders put the jury in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights in three separate places for a reason.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of jury access in the Constitution.

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