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Chris Murphy: “There will be a confrontation between the court and the…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy Discusses Democracy Threats and Trump's Influence on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 23:19

That's not going to pass the Senate, But Trump is obviously going to try to push through as much of it as he can through executive order. And There will be a confrontation between the court and the president, likely as to how much of [the SAVE Act] he can do and how much of that he can't do. And that might be the most important confrontation between the court and the president. Not that these immigration cases aren't important, because you can't have a president who can imprison or deport anybody he wants. (23:19–23:27)

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Asserts that there will be a legal confrontation over the SAVE Act's implementation.

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