I'm in this for the long haul. I believe strongly, and my legal team believes strongly, that the executive order is unlawful and unconstitutional. So I view it as my duty and responsibility on behalf of the people I represent to make sure I use every legal tool at my disposal.
Ferguson expresses his commitment to challenging the executive order on legal grounds.
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I hope that the President and his administration is taking away a very hard-earned lesson from this experience, which is, if you're going to draft an executive order, do it with care, do it with scrutiny, and make sure it's constitutional.
I'm not going to wait to uphold the constitutional rights of my people. Quite the opposite. I instructed my team last weekend, we're working through the weekend. We're filing Monday. I'm not going to wait one hour, one day longer when the…
If they are violating the law, you know, unconstitutional way or unlawful way, it is my responsibility, Anderson, to defend the rights of Washingtonians.
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