The appropriate remedial scheme for deaths occurring off the United States coast is clearly a legislative policy choice which should not be made by the courts.
Chuck Schumer: “The appropriate remedial scheme for deaths occurring off the United States coast is clearly a legislative policy choice…”
On the recordMay 7, 2009
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Schumer highlights the need for legislative solutions over judicial rulings in tragic cases.
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