Now, I understand that that answer in and of itself is, you know, it perhaps does not, you know, satiate, you know, fully respond to the question. The reality is there is no panacea here. You know, the fear that you have, The hypothetical [of the Trump administration defying a court order] would be one unprecedented in the modern history of the United States. and it would ultimately, I think, require the United States Congress, including our Republican colleagues, to step forward and defend and vindicate the Constitution and the separation of powers that has been sacrosanct for the better part of the last 252 years. (25:54–26:03)
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