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Justin Jones: “The Supreme Court is like the Supreme Court that ruled in…”

Featuring: Justin Jones, Democratic | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 52

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Published | Video Starts at 04:40

But now we have a Supreme Court keen on taking away the rights of black and brown people and bringing us backwards to our history to a time we don't want to go to. This The Supreme Court is like the Supreme Court that ruled in Dred Scott decision that black folks don't have any rights that white have to obey. So this is the Supreme Court we have now. And I don't think they're going to help us. I don't even know if it's just the Supreme Court. (04:40–04:46)

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Compares the current Supreme Court to the one that made the Dred Scott decision.

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