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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
Irving Kaufman
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Irving Kaufman
Age: 81 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 24
Died: 1992
Died: February 1
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Brooklyn
New York
Irving Robert Kaufman
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