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Jimmy Gomez: “I am more than happy to listen to the cries of judicial activism, but we can no longer sit here and just pick when we…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2023
I am more than happy to listen to the cries of judicial activism, but we can no longer sit here and just pick when we like it and when we do not because it fits the politics of our time or the narrative that we are interested in.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Gomez criticizes selective outrage over judicial activism based on political narratives.

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