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Pramila Jayapal: “These are bounty hunters, Joy. I mean, they were allowing people to say that they’re going to get $10,000 for a…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2021
These are bounty hunters, Joy. I mean, they were allowing people to say that they’re going to get $10,000 for a successful lawsuit for undermining constitutional rights.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Describes the Texas law as incentivizing lawsuits against constitutional rights.

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