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“What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.”

Quote by Benjamin Franklin Fairless

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Benjamin Franklin Fairless

Benjamin Franklin Fairless, born on May 3, 1890, and died on January 1, 1962, was an individual whose profession and category are unknown. more

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