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Stephen Breyer: “What's in the judge's mind doesn't really matter? What matters are the words on the paper.”

On the recordOctober 19, 2020
What's in the judge's mind doesn't really matter? What matters are the words on the paper.
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Stephen Breyer
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msnbc.com

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Justice Stephen Breyer discusses the importance of judicial decisions based on written law.

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