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John Cornyn: “If our pronouncements of constitutional law rely primarily on value judgments, then a free and intelligent people's…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
If our pronouncements of constitutional law rely primarily on value judgments, then a free and intelligent people's attitude toward us can be expected to be quite different.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Judicial decisions should not be based on subjective value judgments.

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