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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, there's a tremendous amount of executive latitude. things like clemency. there are certain things the president really can do. but this is the senate's own rules. i guess the question is let's say joe biden comes out today and says r...

In violating civil rights laws and demonizing populations in the way we see at the border in creating a narrative, and that's what the president does with this language that dehumanizes people and allows people to be targets, it's actually dangerous. it's dangerous when he says it about women sitting in the united states congress. it's dangerous when he says it about immigrants. it's dangerous when he talks about people in african american communities and who they are. it's dangerous when he calls nfl playerssons of bitches. it's dangerous when he language. whether you like him or not, he is t...

>> 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, we've 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 populations in the way we see at the border in creating a narrative, and that's what the president does wit...

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 it's within the president's remit, that the president has the authority to decide what countries can and can't send immigrants to the united states. and to exercise broad executive latitude over the specifics of immigration policy. and what the plaintiffs will ...