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G. K. Butterfield: “I am disturbed by the implications of injecting ideology and distrust into our legal process.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2020
I am disturbed by the implications of injecting ideology and distrust into our legal process.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Butterfield worries about ideology affecting the integrity of the judiciary.

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