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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
It is not enough to say in private that the President's attacks on the judiciary are disheartening.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the need for Gorsuch to publicly acknowledge judicial independence.

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