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Ruben Gallego: “We can't rely on the judiciary to be part of those checks…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Interview with Senator Ruben Gallego on Democratic Strategy and Immigration Policy

Published | Video Starts at 03:16

I do think that the party, and at least talking to my colleagues, are starting to see that this is an existential threat. If they keep going down this road, if We can't rely on the judiciary to be part of those checks and balances. then what is left? I think what I'm seeing is a lot of people that are just kind of frozen, and it's something that happens a lot when situations come out of the norm. (03:16–03:21)

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Asserts that the judiciary is not a reliable check on current political actions.

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