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Attorney General Leevin Camacho talks about his SCOTUS Brief with Pauly Suba

Written by Paul Charfauros on September 9, 2021

Guam Attorney General Leevin T. Camacho and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the exclusion of Americans living in territories from nationwide federal aid programs.

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