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Neil Gorsuch: Senator, I would have walked out the door. It is not what judges do.

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Senator, I would have walked out the door. It is not what judges do.
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Neil Gorsuch

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Gorsuch asserts judges should not be influenced by political requests.

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