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On the recordJuly 17, 2018
So if we lose this blue-slip tradition for circuit courts, it would be the case that when the seat comes open that is now held in Rhode Island, an administration could nominate and conceivably a majority could confirm someone who lives, say, in Arizona.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Jul 17, 2018

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