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Peter Welch: “Justice Roberts overruled the lower court decisions.”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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President Trump is breaking the law, and the Supreme Court is letting him do it

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

What is your level of confidence in the court's ability to keep the administration in check? Well, that really diminishes it. Keep in mind, Justice Roberts overruled the lower court decisions. And by the way, this is not just freezing the money. This is money that is owed because the contracting parties had done the work. (00:21–00:28)

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Asserts that Justice Roberts acted alone to overrule lower court decisions.

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