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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 25, 2023
in the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court disregarded precedent and stare decisis in order to achieve an outcome that we're now living with.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Welch accuses the Supreme Court of ignoring legal precedent in the Dobbs decision.

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