Chris Taylor: “There were laws that were being passed that I thought were…”

“I am scrupulous in applying the law. I also saw when I was serving in the legislature how important it was to have an independent judiciary because There were laws that were being passed that I thought were not constitutional. But we didn't have a court that was going to hold the, the legislature accountable. And that really underscored for me that the judiciary cannot be a rubber stamp for any political party, any group, not the federal government, not any branch of government.” (07:46–07:57)

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