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Ed Case: “It's harder to abuse power inside a legislature because you…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase testifies at Hawai'i Senate hearing on Trump admin threat to rule of law

Published | Video Starts at 57:47

I think that's very dangerous for a country. I think legislatures are just far closer to the people. They're capable of compromise. It's harder to abuse power inside a legislature because you got 535 voting members of Congress. Gotta, gotta work with each other to get things done. If you're a president just thinks you're right, you, you don't really, you're not really accountable to anybody other than, you know, somewhat to the court. (57:47–57:53)

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Asserts that it is harder to abuse power in a legislature due to the number of voting members.

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