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Arlen Specter: There was an effort made in the Constitutional Convention of 1969 to change the election of judges.

On the recordJanuary 18, 2010
There was an effort made in the Constitutional Convention of 1969 to change the election of judges.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Specter references historical efforts to reform judicial elections.

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