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Neil Gorsuch: Start with a presumption in favor of history, and that people who came before you were just as smart or maybe even…

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Start with a presumption in favor of history, and that people who came before you were just as smart or maybe even smarter than you are.
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Neil Gorsuch

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Gorsuch discusses the approach to revisiting legal precedents.

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