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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
I had to go up dais to ask some of my more senior colleagues about what I feel like is a dangerous precedent.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker discusses concerns about setting a dangerous precedent in judicial hearings.

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