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Calvin Coolidge: If a court is going to be international, its composition will have to yield to what is good in all these various…

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If a court is going to be international, its composition will have to yield to what is good in all these various elements.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge argues that an international court must incorporate the best elements from various nations.

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