Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

Rather than continue to exist in a sort of fairyland in which a burden shifts to an empty chair and we all pretend to be satisfied with that set of procedures, we should maybe try to rethink how to do that in a more logical and sensible way.

Context

Senator Whitehouse advocates for reevaluating legal procedures regarding burden shifts.

09/22/2009

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