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Dick Durbin: “The legitimacy of our Supreme Court transcends the outcome of any one case, but that legitimacy rests on the unyielding…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
The legitimacy of our Supreme Court transcends the outcome of any one case, but that legitimacy rests on the unyielding responsibility of Justices to put their personal political views aside to decide cases on their merits.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin stresses the importance of impartiality for Supreme Court Justices.

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