On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
I do not think anyone can doubt that. And Oliver Wendell Holmes, I believe, said--it was he who said something to the effect of that the law is experience.
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Franken references Holmes to support the idea that judges' experiences shape their legal interpretations.
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