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John Fetterman: “If the president defies a court ruling, whether a court or…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Senator Fetterman slams Democratic Party over SCOTUS defiance and socialist candidates

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

And I described to the media and other people as well, actually what a real constitutional crisis is then. If the president defies a court ruling, whether a court or indefinitely the Supreme Court, then that by definition, that would be a constitutional crisis. And I said, we've not seen one and I honestly don't expect one. And as far as I know, the Trump administration has not defied any of those court rulings, if you can correct. (01:15–01:24)

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Asserts that defying a Supreme Court ruling by the president constitutes a constitutional crisis.

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