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Hakeem Jeffries: “The president tried to use emergency authority to federalize…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Iran, Border Security and Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 13:15

It's not going anywhere. And this effort to abuse the notion of an emergency authority has already been defeated multiple times by the Supreme Court, a very conservative Supreme Court. The president tried to use emergency authority to federalize the national Guard. We, of course, sued him, took it all the way up to the Supreme Court, and he was denied that ability. which is why the president was forced to pull out of places like Oregon, California, and Illinois. The President claimed the authority to unilaterally issue tariffs, tariffs that are hurting businesses, hurting entrepreneurs, and certainly hurting farmers and consumers. (13:15–13:26)

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Asserts that the president was denied the ability to federalize the National Guard by the Supreme Court.

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