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Americans’ Faith in Law Is at Stake in the DACA Case

The Supreme Court has the opportunity to prove to the country that despite all the hardships that surround us, humanity is not dead, and cruelty does not rule the day.
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I have been studying and working in law for 70 years, and based on those decades of experience, I fear that the Supreme Court’s decision in the DACA cases, expected later this week, will test the public’s belief that law and justice intersect in America.

Legal scholars might well scoff at such a dramatic prediction, considering that

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