OTTAWA — The chief justice of the Supreme Court is sending a warning about the risks elected officials run by reacting to decisions from the court without first having read the rulings themselves.
Richard Wagner issued that call during his annual news conference on the work of the top court and other matters pertaining to the administration of justice.
He brought up a March ruling in a sexual assault case that at one point used the phrase"person with a vagina."
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