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Jake Auchincloss: “The President cannot decide from Article 2 to dismantle…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 15:22

But, and, and if. And Republicans can get rid of it from Congress. That's your right. You got the galaxy. You can authorize things, but The President cannot decide from Article 2 to dismantle things that Article 1 authorized. This is separation of powers. Listen, Jake, I'm all about looking at what they've done and then going back with a fine tooth comb and trying to figure out, do we need this? (15:22–15:29)

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Asserts that the President cannot dismantle entities authorized by Congress due to separation of powers.

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