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Patrick Leahy: “If the Constitution guarantees a person the ability to exercise a certain fundamental constitutional right, whatever it…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
If the Constitution guarantees a person the ability to exercise a certain fundamental constitutional right, whatever it might be, and if they say--the court says they're guaranteed that right, these rights are only meaningful if an American can then enforce those rights in a court.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of enforcing constitutional rights in court.

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