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September 13, 2005

Schumer on Precedents

From Sen. Chuck Schumer, on his way out of the Judiciary Committee hearing:

"Every judge knows that when you cite a precedent you need to apply the precedent consistently -- you can't simply apply the precedent when it helps you and then ignore it when it hurts."

Posted by Marc Ambinder | 02:07 PM



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