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On the recordJune 30, 2022
And when we have the framing of -- you know, the framing of our government, the presidency, Congress -- the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are supposed to be three co-equal branches -- co-equal, none was supremacy over the other. And when any one of those branches overreaches its authority, it is the responsibility of the other two to check the overreach of that -- of that authority. The Supreme Court has engaged in the overreaching of its authority.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the importance of checks and balances among the three branches of government.

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