Designated Survivor (TV Series)
The Enemy (2016)
Natascha McElhone: Alex Kirkman
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Quotes
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Alex Kirkman : Really? Federalize the Guard? I thought we'd decided that that was a nuclear option.
Tom Kirkman : It was. Governor Royce went there first.
Aaron Shore : Now, is he within his legal rights?
Alex Kirkman : U.S. code 12406; the president can federalize the National Guard whenever there is a rebellion or threat of a rebellion against the U.S. government. I think this qualifies.
Aaron Shore : I thought you were an immigration attorney.
Tom Kirkman : She aced constitutional law, too.
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Alex Kirkman : Tom, forcing a sitting governor to cede power to the feds creates a monumental precedent.
Tom Kirkman : I know. But this is a tipping point. If I let Governor Royce set up a police state, how can I stop the other forty-nine governors from doing the same thing?
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Alex Kirkman : Duncan, when we spoke, you said that you could handle the heavy lifting on my cases.
Duncan : And I am. Plus I've got Parker doing depositions for you. Veda's filing your appeals.
Alex Kirkman : So why is Maria Serrano calling me from an ICE detention center?
Duncan : Because Homeland Security is taking advantage of the fact that the courts have been closed.
Alex Kirkman : So they're arresting anyone without a pending appeal. And, right, when the courts reopen, it'll be too late for us to file. Got it.
Duncan : Our hands are tied.
Alex Kirkman : You know what kills me about this? If she'd just filed for refugee status instead of asylum, ICE wouldn't have even looked at her twice. If... if I'd just been here, if I'd been in front of this, none of this would have happened.
Duncan : Alex, you didn't abandon them. You had a change in circumstance, in a summer blockbuster kind of way.
Alex Kirkman : Okay, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna give up.
Duncan : Alex, you've spent a career fighting for victims, but you're the First Lady now.
Alex Kirkman : So?
[realization dawns on her]
Alex Kirkman : And that has to count for something, right?
