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Crapo Scoffs At Implication Barrett Will Be A Judicial 'Activist'

The Idaho senator sought to puncture what he called Democrats' caricature of Amy Coney Barrett as someone who, despite her claims, would bring an activist mindset to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said he could only find a single case in which Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett didn't follow the precedent of her 7th Circuit Court of Appeals — and that was one in which the Supreme Court

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