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On the recordJune 30, 2010
somebody that shows disregard of that nature to a Federal law, a law set by this body, is not acting in conjunction or in honoring the rule of law
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of Dean Kagan's disregard for federal law during her tenure at Harvard Law School.

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