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Hillary Clinton: The Supreme Court Knows Its Own Rulings Are "Nonsensical"

Published | Video Starts at 03:11

But as you rightly say, you know, some of what they do is still splitting the blanket. Why would birthright citizenship be a divided decision even though it came out allegedly the right way. Look at the mental gymnastics they went through to give the president literally the power that used to be available to a president in the middle of the 19th century to hire and fire and influence anybody in the federal government to do whatever the president wants, except for the Federal Reserve Board. I mean, it is a nonsensical and it's almost embarrassing to read because they know it's nonsensical, but they don't care. (03:11–03:34)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court has restored presidential powers akin to those from the 19th century, excluding the Federal Reserve Board.

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