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Stacey Abrams: “The lower courts can be effective. They're not going to stop…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:18

We are trained by Law and Order and Perry Mason and you insert your favorite lawyer show here, to think that the decision that's made at the end of the episode is the final word. It's not. It's the story. And so The lower courts can be effective. They're not going to stop him [Trump]. They're not. Because the Supreme Court does not want that to happen, but they can slow him down. (11:18–11:22)

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Asserts that lower courts can slow down authoritarian measures but cannot completely stop them.

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