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Neil Gorsuch: “Gideon is a seminal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it deserves respect on that basis.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Gideon is a seminal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it deserves respect on that basis.
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Neil Gorsuch

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Gorsuch acknowledges Gideon v. Wainwright as a crucial legal precedent.

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