When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. (Arlen Specter)

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

Arlen Specter

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