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Merrick Garland: “You can't have a democracy with due process of law if judges are afraid to make the decisions.”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
You can't have a democracy with due process of law if judges are afraid to make the decisions.
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Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Judges need security to uphold democracy and due process.

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