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Barack Obama: “People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law.”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the Nomination of Merrick B. Garland To Be a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice

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