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Harry Reid: “The point, I say to my friend from Alabama, recognizing the different workloads the courts had, the appellate division…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2000
The point, I say to my friend from Alabama, recognizing the different workloads the courts had, the appellate division with 51 million people has thousands of cases every year. Also, the Senator has every right to feel the way he does about the Ninth Circuit, but I do not want the Senator's statement to go uncontested that reversal rates of other circuits pale in comparison to the Ninth Circuit because it is simply not factual.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Addressing claims about the Ninth Circuit's reversal rates during a Senate debate.

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