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Graham Platner: “The Senate has the power, the Congress has the power to hold…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Wants a Democratic Revolution | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:27

I'm not saying we should break the law. What I'm actually saying is we should follow the better law. The Senate could do this. The Senate has the power, the Congress has the power to hold the court to ethics standards if it so chose to. I'm curious, as someone who wants to be part of the Senate, how you view executive power? Because one of the things that we've seen, obviously, during this Trump administration is a real coalescing around executive power. (1:03:27–1:03:35)

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Asserts that Congress can impose ethics standards on the Supreme Court.

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