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Tom Lantos: “The legislative branch's loss is the judicial branch's gain.”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1999
The legislative branch's loss is the judicial branch's gain.
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Tom Lantos
Source
congress.gov
Jan 20, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Transition of Quentin Kopp from legislature to judiciary.

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