Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think judges are very much continually educated and affected by the…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2013

I think judges are very much continually educated and affected by the public decisionmaking process that they steward.

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Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of judges being influenced by public decision-making.

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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think judges are very much continually educated and affected by the public decisionmaking process that they steward.”