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Retired judge on concerns about an imbalance of power at the federal level

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Richard Dollinger on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
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United States Chief Justice John Roberts recently took the extraordinary step of issuing a public statement to rebuke a sitting president.

Roberts was responding to President Trump's calls to impeach a judge whose decisions he does not like.

This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Congress has the power to shut a court down; he said that extraordinary times could call for extraordinary measures.

We discuss the moves to shift power to the executive, away from the courts.

In studio:

  • Hon. Richard A. Dollinger, New York Court of Claims Judge (ret.)

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.