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Stacey Abrams: “The lower courts are doing what they can, but that's why you…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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One-on-One with Stacey Abrams | Cap Times Idea Fest 2025

Published | Video Starts at 55:24

But, you know, in the first few months of this second term of Donald Trump, it, It really looked like the courts were going to be the guardrails. Yes. So The lower courts are doing what they can, but that's why you saw the accelerated appointment of judges under his first term. and the accelerated appointment of judges currently. They knew what they were doing they wanted to put in place. When I said they weaken competing powers, they couldn't weaken everything at the district court level. (55:24–55:34)

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