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Patrick Leahy: “Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and…”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy emphasizes the fallibility of wise men in judicial decisions.

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