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Patrick Leahy: “I would hope that we could all agree and I would hope this could be a bipartisan agreement that our courts--our…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
I would hope that we could all agree and I would hope this could be a bipartisan agreement that our courts--our courts--should not become a tool to uphold foreign libel judgments that would undermine the First Amendment or due process rights.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the need for bipartisan legislation to protect First Amendment rights.

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