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John Sarbanes: One of the worst things that is happening in the Senate is what amounts to a heavy politicizing of the judicial…

On the recordMarch 19, 1997
One of the worst things that is happening in the Senate is what amounts to a heavy politicizing of the judicial confirmation process that is taking place in this body, and that was reflected in the performance in 1996 as compared with the performance in 1992 when the Senator from Delaware did his very best to keep politics out of the process, to fill judicial posts and to let the judiciary function as an independent branch of our Government. What is happening here is extremely serious.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the politicization of the judicial confirmation process in the Senate.

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