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Pete Buttigieg: “The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is, I believe, the…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Buttigieg Returns to Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 07:58

What I'm saying is that under the laws of this country, under the Constitution of this country, we could have a Supreme Court that better reflects the expectations of the American people and that is more legitimate. The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is, I believe, the lowest it's ever been in the eyes of the American people. It's come to feel like a nakedly partisan institution. We could do some things about that at a minimum, term limits so that, you know for each presidential term, how many Supreme Court appointments are going to go with it. (07:58–08:04)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court's legitimacy is at an all-time low according to public perception.

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