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Patrick Leahy: “I think it is regrettable that there appears to be this steady addition of troubles, toils and snares by the Supreme…”

On the recordJune 28, 2011
I think it is regrettable that there appears to be this steady addition of troubles, toils and snares by the Supreme Court on Americans' road to a jury, which is a, to me, baseline constitutional American institution of government.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes the Supreme Court's impact on the jury system.

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