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Patrick Leahy: “We've had a very activist Supreme Court, especially in the last 10 or 15 years.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
We've had a very activist Supreme Court, especially in the last 10 or 15 years.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy critiques the Supreme Court's recent decisions affecting civil rights.

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