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judge all forms of human behavior, to run schools and cities, decide on job promotions or if a student's hair is too long.. 20 years ago when I went on the bench most of the cases we have today wouldn't be here," Moynahan added this example. "Consider a coal miner, old, broken down from years of hard work. He files a state claim for workman's compensation, a black lung case and social security claim in federal court. That's one man with three cases going, one in state court and two in federal" court. In that same
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