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Edward Markey: “We're heading towards a constitutional crisis.”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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One-on-one with Sen. Ed Markey

Published | Video Starts at 04:51

And we're approaching that moment. There's no question about it. Do we need to be cautious, though, about going as far as to say that it is a constitutional crisis? We're heading towards a constitutional crisis. Yeah, but we need to be cautious about going and saying that. I don't think that it's wrong to say we're heading that way because obviously a federal district court … (04:51–04:54)

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