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Gary Peters: “As lawyers, we must be willing to forcefully defend judicial independence at all times.”

On the recordMay 27, 2026
As lawyers, we must be willing to forcefully defend judicial independence at all times.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Commencement address at Wayne State University Law School

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