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FDR: The duty of a judge involves more than presiding or listening to testimony or arguments.

On the recordFebruary 4, 1937
The duty of a judge involves more than presiding or listening to testimony or arguments.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on the Reorganization of the Judicial Branch of the Government.

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