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Neil Gorsuch: “The handful of floor statements that the Court treats as authoritative do not `reflec[t] any general agreement.'”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
The handful of floor statements that the Court treats as authoritative do not `reflec[t] any general agreement.'
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Neil Gorsuch

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Gorsuch critiques the reliance on floor statements in judicial decisions.

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