Our system of federalism really matters. You talked about what Donald Trump has the right to do as president and what he doesn't have the right to do as president. He has no right to pardon Tina Peters, who is convicted by a jury of her peers in a state court in Colorado. He has no right to take away money that's been appropriated by the US Congress just because he doesn't like the state of Colorado. I think he has no right to take away space Congress. (11:05–11:14)
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Asserts that Donald Trump has no right to pardon Tina Peters, who was convicted in Colorado.
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