Abortion Precedent News Today

zients is in. ♪ all right. good monday morning to all of you. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, im christine romans. officials in southern california last night identifying the gunman who killed ten people and wounded another ten at a ballroom in monterey park, thats east of downtown l.a. he is 72-year-old huu can tran. authorities say he died by suicide hours later after police stopped him at a shopping center 45 minutes away in torrance. >> wh...

Know everyone here in mourning for those who were killed, as we pray for those who are injured, and as we grieve for those many people whose lives are forever changed. >> the vice president was in florida to mark the 50th anniversary of the supreme courts decision in roe versus wade, the abortion precedent overturned by the court last year. police in baton rouge, louisiana, are searching for at least one suspect in a nightclub shooting that left 12 people injured. police are calling the sunday...

The country to go unmitigated and unremedied. so yeah, the court is not having a great couple of months, and the public support for judge jackson and what she will bring to the judiciary perhaps will buoy the court for the time being, but we have to wrestle with the fact that this african-american woman, this historic nomination is going to bolster an institution that right now is governed by a conservative 6-3 super majority intent on rolling back 50 years worth of abortion precedent. and if we...

The court should uphold roe v. wade. but the composition of the court left the fate of abortion law in doubt. conservative justice clarence thomas has publicly called for roe to be overturned and former president trump predicted his three picks justices neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, would overturn abortion precedent. all three describe roe as settled law during their confirmation hearings. >> it is historic the supreme court is taking up abortion again at this particular t...

Right? settled law. in decent, justice stephen briar and other liberals called them out on this. look, law is based on these precedents. thats where the stability of the law comes. you are coming in and wiping away something that had been on the books for some 40 years. then, briar took it is step further. in making the argument, referred to abortion precedent. clearly, the justices here are sending a signal to the conservatives, look, we are watching you unprecedent. that brings up the question...