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Wendy Davis: “We can't allow the constitution to be that fragile, and we cannot allow laws that are going to usurp essentially, the…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2021
We can't allow the constitution to be that fragile, and we cannot allow laws that are going to usurp essentially, the courts authority.

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Davis warns against allowing state laws to undermine constitutional authority and the role of the courts.

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