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Chris Coons: “The reason our federal judicial system exists is for the resolution of wrongs and for controversies.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
The reason our federal judicial system exists is for the resolution of wrongs and for controversies.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons stresses the fundamental purpose of the federal judicial system.

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