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Russ Feingold: “Good judges understand that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of right and wrong.”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
Good judges understand that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of right and wrong.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Stresses that judges should not let personal beliefs influence their decisions.

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