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On the recordJune 14, 2023
there is not a court in the country, in my estimation, where if a recusal issue was properly raised, there would be no way to determine what the facts actually were.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse critiques the lack of fact-finding in recusal issues for Justices.

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