But the reason they were able to take so much power is because the two competing components of a democracy, typically you have the executive, you have the legislative, and you have the judiciary. And what we have seen happen is that The legislative has basically been a rubber stamp [for the executive]. And, and then the judicial at the lower court level has tried to intercede, but as you point out, Vera, at the top of the funnel, you've got a Supreme Court that just keeps saying, oops, yeah, you can. (08:58–09:06)
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