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Orrin Hatch: Well, let's just be honest about it. Considering a nomination for a judgeship like it is being done here would become…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Well, let's just be honest about it. Considering a nomination for a judgeship like it is being done here would become just a methodology for anybody. If you didn't get the papers you wanted from some source or other in the Federal Government--and it might even include the Senate--then you can hold up judges just as they are doing here. Look, that would----
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the implications of the nomination process for judgeships.

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