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On the recordJune 30, 2010
Assuming that a majority party, let's say Democrats who enjoy a very large majority in both Houses of the legislature, decide to suppress the speech of political supporters of the minority because they have the votes in order to do so...
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn questions if courts can address political speech suppression by majority parties.

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