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Hatch had a laundry list of legislative accomplishments. Here are a few of his top ones.

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The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was intended to bar discrimination based on a person’s faith, though it has come under scrutiny for allowing businesses to avoid serving the the gay community.

Sen. Orrin Hatch’s 42-year legacy includes passing sweeping legislation, working across the aisle while sometimes being sharply partisan and, for the past two years, sidling up to Trump

Hatch had a major impact on the Supreme Court, judiciary at large

Sen. Hatch often said what he really thought — sometimes followed by an apology

Past Utahns of the Year — from Karl Malone to Elizabeth Smart to gay-marriage plaintiffs to Orrin Hatch

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