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Steve Cohen: exceptional conditions can justify legislative measures not otherwise appropriate.

On the recordOctober 16, 2019
exceptional conditions can justify legislative measures not otherwise appropriate.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen references a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act's necessity.

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