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Neil Gorsuch: “For after all, this is a democracy at the end of the day. It is not an oligarchy of judges.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
For after all, this is a democracy at the end of the day. It is not an oligarchy of judges.
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Neil Gorsuch

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Gorsuch emphasizes the democratic nature of law versus judicial oligarchy.

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