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Jasmine Crockett: “The Senate is the only body that actually has the ability to…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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The TEXAS TOUGH Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 22:35

Now, some of you may say, now, listen, Congresswoman, he's still the president, so is he gonna sign some stuff that's gonna hurt him? No, I'm not naive in that way. But this is the real check on power. Right? The Senate is the only body that actually has the ability to exercise oversight specifically over the Supreme Court. And so, you know, hopefully we can start bringing in some of these justices. We can start talking about why it is that they have not recuse themselves from cases where there was absolutely a conflict. (22:35–22:44)

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Asserts that the Senate has exclusive oversight over the Supreme Court.

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