Judiciary Subseries, 1985-1994
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Contains a variety of documents including correspondence, constituent letter responses, issue/legislation background information, clippings, bills, copies of the Congressional Record, Democratic Study Group Fact Sheets, and Congressional Research Service reports. Prominent correspondents include the President and congressional colleagues. Organizations represented include NARAL and Planned Parenthood. Frequent topics include: abortion; the Freedom of Choice Act; various civil rights pieces of legislation; particular court cases, including Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey; bankruptcy legislation; constituent Charlie "Two Shoes" Tsui; gun control, including the Brady Bill; crime bills; habeas corpus; immigration; and insurance. The files' arrangement is very roughly alphabetical.
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