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Patrick Leahy: “I believe the country needs and deserves a Supreme Court that bases its decision on the law and the Constitution, not…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
I believe the country needs and deserves a Supreme Court that bases its decision on the law and the Constitution, not politics or ideological agenda by either the right or the left.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of law over political agendas in Supreme Court decisions.

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