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Chris Coons: If you were, in fact, an activist judge, a motivated partisan determined to let these plaintiff environmental groups…

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
If you were, in fact, an activist judge, a motivated partisan determined to let these plaintiff environmental groups proceed, you certainly could have.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons discusses the potential for judicial activism in environmental cases.

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