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Julian Bond: “I ask the Senator from Utah, who has experience with the entire judicial process. As one who has served as a law clerk…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
I ask the Senator from Utah, who has experience with the entire judicial process. As one who has served as a law clerk, I ask is it not commonplace for law clerks, for assistants, to write memoranda that do not necessarily reflect their views, but are designed to explain the rulings made by the judge or other lawyer or solicitor who may serve?
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Julian Bond
Alabama

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Discussing the role of law clerks in the judicial process.

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