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Richard Blumenthal: “The Judicial Conference is created by who? The United States…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal Discusses Supreme Court Reforms and Ethics on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 15:06

Not only does the Constitution mention other branches of government, just as it does the Supreme Court, but it also makes rules for the Supreme Court, jurisdictional rules. The courts aren't just this separate body floating out there, accountable to no one. The Judicial Conference is created by who? The United States Congress. The Judicial Conference imposes rules on the judges, and so do we through jurisdictional requirements. So there is an interplay here. (15:06)

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