Ronald Reagan: “She believes, as she said in her Senate testimony, that a judge is on…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1981

She believes, as she said in her Senate testimony, that a judge is on the bench to interpret the law, not to make it.

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Ronald Reagan: “She believes, as she said in her Senate testimony, that a judge is on the bench to interpret the law, not to make it.”