On the recordMarch 19, 2017
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 you restrict freedom or did you expand it.
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Simon emphasized the historical judgment of Supreme Court nominees on their impact on freedom.
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