On the recordMarch 20, 2022
You face a much harsher judge than this Committee, and that is the judgment of history, and that judgment is likely to revolve around the question, did she restrict freedom or did she expand it?
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Durbin emphasizes the importance of how history will judge Judge Jackson's impact on freedom.
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