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On the recordJuly 17, 2018
I very much appreciate his laying out this basic framework under which this conversation is taking place. But just for clarity, the Senator made the point that there is no law that requires a member of a circuit court to be in a particular State and that it is only under this tradition and agreement among the Members of this body that a judge reside in a particular State as part of a circuit court.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Jul 17, 2018

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