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How Will History Remember This Year's High Court Decisions?

Season 2013 Episode 1850 | 15m 05s

On Independence Day in the United States, Jeffrey Brown talks to four historians about the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court this year, including the striking down of a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 that affect gay rights.

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