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Mike Johnson: “Congress will take action. We have the ability to limit…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Mike Johnson Discusses Republican Legislation, Medicaid Cuts, and Iran Strikes

Published | Video Starts at 29:06

I call upon, of course, also Chief Justice Roberts because he does have some authority within the court system under Article 3 to rein in some of this Nonsense. And if they don't, then Congress will take action. We have the ability to limit jurisdiction of courts. We can even eliminate the existence of whole courts, as, you know, under the Constitution. And desperate times call for desperate measures. We got to get this thing under control. (29:06–29:11)

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