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Patrick Leahy: “I think it is fanciful thinking looking for that kind of collegiality to carry the day, so that I would hope that the…”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
I think it is fanciful thinking looking for that kind of collegiality to carry the day, so that I would hope that the ideological battleground would be recognized.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses skepticism about achieving collegiality in the Supreme Court.

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