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Patrick Leahy: “A slim majority undercut the landmark precedent of Brown v. Board of Education and its guarantee of equal justice.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
A slim majority undercut the landmark precedent of Brown v. Board of Education and its guarantee of equal justice.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy highlights the Supreme Court's undermining of important legal precedents.

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