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On the recordMarch 15, 2023
I think it needs to transform a good deal, because if you have an appellate decision that stands on what events have proven to be utterly false facts...
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse emphasizes the need for appellate decisions to be based on accurate historical facts.

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