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Chief Justice Roberts Tells Audience Supreme Court Will Work For 'One Nation'

Roberts says history shows the court has made great decisions when it doesn't yield to political pressures or passions.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in his first remarks about the contentious appointment of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, sought to convince a law school audience that the court "does not serve one party or one interest, we serve one nation."

Speaking at the University of Minnesota Law

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