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Peter Welch: “The Supreme Court just interfered with the decision that…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Ranking Member Welch Rebukes Supreme Court's Decision to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 05:42

We allow them to sometimes hit the bottom, and then they pay the price of the polls. And that's what. That's what should happen. The Supreme Court just interfered with the decision that this Congress made that they would focus on impact as opposed to, quote, intent. There's nobody up here who can tell me what my intent is. Or Senator Hirono or Senator Lee. I yield back. (05:42–05:50)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court interfered with Congress's decision to focus on electoral impact rather than intent.

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