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Orrin Hatch: “If we can have judges, district court judges, trial court judges in the District of Columbia issue an order to appellate…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1997
If we can have judges, district court judges, trial court judges in the District of Columbia issue an order to appellate judges in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, then the structure and rationality of our Federal judicial system would be thrown into disarray.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of judicial orders in the federal court system.

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