On the recordSeptember 7, 2022
If you control the courts, you can do whatever you want. Every dictator knows that. Vladimir Putin knows that.
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Lawrence O'Donnell
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msnbc.comIf you control the courts, you can do whatever you want. Every dictator knows that. Vladimir Putin knows that.
Discussing the influence of judicial appointments on political power.
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