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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Do you believe that it is important for a judge to interpret and apply the laws that Congress has actually passed rather than seeking to make up or change the law if the judge does not like what the Congress has done?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch questions the importance of judges adhering to laws passed by Congress.

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