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Dick Durbin: “Article 1 of the Constitution and decades of Supreme Court…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Sounds The Alarm On President Trump's Threats To Election Integrity

Published | Video Starts at 07:08

We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize voting. Those are the words of Donald Trump. Article 1 of the Constitution and decades of Supreme Court precedent make it clear that the president cannot take over the administration of elections from the states. I'm old enough to remember when Republicans actually cared about the Constitution and the concept of federalism. (07:08–07:18)

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Asserts that the Constitution and Supreme Court precedent prohibit the president from taking over state election administration.

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