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Bob Dole: I did not make any reference today to the appointment of judges, but I did make a reference to the fact that judges in…

On the recordMay 2, 1996
I did not make any reference today to the appointment of judges, but I did make a reference to the fact that judges in the second and ninth circuits have been reaching for some way to find a constitutional right to die, and I thought that should be decided by the legislative branch.
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Bob Dole
Kansas

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Discussing the role of judges in determining constitutional rights.

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