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Patrick Leahy: “I think these types of attacks reveal the misguided notion that Justices and judges owe some allegiance to the President…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I think these types of attacks reveal the misguided notion that Justices and judges owe some allegiance to the President who appointed them or to a political party.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes attacks on judges for political allegiance.

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