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Orrin Hatch: There is none. It is absolutely astounding. Here is a Federal district judge, trial court judge in the District of…

On the recordJanuary 30, 1997
There is none. It is absolutely astounding. Here is a Federal district judge, trial court judge in the District of Columbia, who has absolutely no connection to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, telling appellate judges that they must come before her and explain why this murderer's frivolous appeal was denied.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing a Federal district judge's authority over appellate judges.

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