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And accept that policies change and presidents change. the one thing that can't change is the system that has served us so well. that system is, in fact, changing, in my view. martha: you say we may look back one day and really rue the data everyone sort of sat back and watched this happen. >> i do. what's so surprising to me is that i've watched this destabilization occur over the course of the last two presidents, and there's not been a whimper of regret or opposition of any substance coming from congress. that's something the framers didn't anticipate. they assumed that the three branches w...

Constitutional tippin point. explain that for us. >> well, you know, our system is incredibly resilient. it's been through or wars and depression and civil unrest. but the system itself is based on this notion of three bodies that are sort of in orbit, that balance. they're locked together, the three branches of government. and that tripartheid system, as it's called, protects civil liberties, protects individual rights, was with it prevents any one branch from assuming so much power that it becomes dominant. well, what we're seeing -- and it's not, didn't begin with president obama, but it ce...

Rail cars used to ship oil out of north dakota are a, quote, unacceptable public risk. even if the safety of the cars has been voluntarily upgraded. those comments came if december after an accident in which a train carrying oil derailed and then exploded. ♪ ♪ >> i believe we are now at a constitutional tipping point in our system. it's a dangerous point for our system to be in, and i believe that your response has to begin before this president leaves office. no one many our system goes it -- in our system goes it alone. martha: that was constitutional law professor jonathan turley testif...