Laurence Tribe: It's not over. The resistance is about to ignite
Laurence Tribe: It's not over. The resistance is about to ignite
Unlike the sudden slide into authoritarianism seen in other countries,
the United States benefits from a decentralized government that can
serve as a strong counterweight to Trump's authoritarian ambitions.
It's within this space -- the system of checks and balances -- that
the resistance will emerge, argues Harvard's Professor Laurence Tribe,
one of the foremost constitutional law experts in the country. The Constitution is not just a "remarkable piece of prose," says Tribe,
and he underscores the prominent role that state legislatures will
play in resisting Trump. Civil society, like journalists and
educators,
Bwa ha ha, nice try Laurence Tribe.
Laurence Tribe: It's not over. The resistance is about to ignite
Unlike the sudden slide into authoritarianism seen in other countries,
the United States benefits from a decentralized government that can
serve as a strong counterweight to Trump's authoritarian ambitions.
It's within this space -- the system of checks and balances -- that
the resistance will emerge, argues Harvard's Professor Laurence Tribe,
one of the foremost constitutional law experts in the country. The Constitution is not just a "remarkable piece of prose," says Tribe,
and he underscores the prominent role that state legislatures will
play in resisting Trump. Civil society, like journalists and
educators, will also play a crucial role in creating a cultural-
political resistance to any attempts to erase democratic norms. "It's
not over," says Tribe. "We are about to see all of the institutions
activated in a way that we haven't had to see before." The law is "an
area where reality bites," says Tribe.
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/laurence-tribe-it-s-not-over-the-resistance-is-about-to-ignite-224025669597
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