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Terms of salvaging our ailing democracy without at a minimum making an exception to the filibuster for purposes of securing the fundamental right to vote in this country. >> i mean, there are certain things that joe biden has fairly unilateral power on, certain things he just does not. right? huge parts of the immigration infrastructure of the country enforcement, theres a tremendous amount of executive latitude. things like clemency. there are certain things the president really can do. but thi...

In violating civil rights laws and demonizing populations in the way we see at the border in creating a narrative, and thats what the president does with this language that dehumanizes people and allows people to be targets, its actually dangerous. its dangerous when he says it about women sitting in the united states congress. its dangerous when he says it about immigrants. its dangerous when he talks about people in african american communities and who they are. its dangerous when he calls nfl...

>> well, most of the time when we think about civil rights, we think about challenging state and local governments who are engaged in discrimination or even private parties. the department of justice is very often your partner in making those challenges. since this trump administration, weve sued six cabinet secretaries. this is unheard of in the history of the legal defense fund a and the fact that the federal government is actively engaged in violating civil rights laws and demonizing populati...

Overstepped his bounds because his decision affected the entire nation. sara sidner. >> jacob, thank you for joining us at cnn in london. we know department of justice basically said defending president trump saying the travel ban is a lawful exercise of authority. how do you interpret those words? >> the department of justice is saying its within the presidents remit, that the president has the authority to decide what countries can and cant send immigrants to the united states. and to exercise...