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Orrin Hatch: I express my sorrow that it had to end this way, and I wish the very best to Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson. I hope she…

On the recordMarch 16, 1998
I express my sorrow that it had to end this way, and I wish the very best to Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson. I hope she will take this in a way that will be instructive, informative and, hopefully, helpful to her if she continues to serve on the highest trial court in the State of Pennsylvania, the Court of Common Pleas. I hope she will benefit from this experience instead of it being a detriment to her. If she will treat law enforcement officials fairly, if she will be tough on crime when it is clearly shown, and if she will be totally honest in her dealings on that bench, I have great belief that she will yet serve in many, many good ways the people of Pennsylvania. I wish her the best. I wish her family the best. And I, again, am sorry this has turned out this way, but I think it is the way it had to turn out under the circumstances.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Expressing support for Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson after her nomination was withdrawn.

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