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Can we look at what might happen in the states if the court overturns roe. i talk to roots on the ground, they say they have been preparing for this reality for a while. they knew with this coming, it makes it no less devastating. republicans have largely been able to this point, michelle, to push anti-choice efforts, knowing that the courts would likely overturn them. they would rarely need to live with the reality of these laws. they would get to show anti-choice advocates they were trying to ...

And uniquely, one that ideological blocks aligns with the party of the president that appointed him. republicans working to restrict voting as the nation becomes more diverse. how is all of this, michelle, part of a bigger strategy for republicans to maintain power as their base shrinks? >> i think that one reason that the court is in such ill repute, now irreversibly associated with donald trump. its the trump court. you have a president who was never elected by the majority of the voters, righ...

Its fine for republicans to win more electios and appoint more justices. its another thing for the justices to approve of the republican party disenfranchising the electorate so they no longer have to be responsive to the people and therefore can select justices without actually having to win elections the hard way, by getting a majority of the vote. i think thats a unique issue that is distinct from this policy agreements with this court. i think thats the issue thats most significant with rega...

Nullify constitutional right. women in texas no longer have the right to make decisions about when they give birth. alito and the leagues want to hide that behind procedure. but those in texas, whose loved ones have to live in that reality, do not have the luxury of such. and thats the issue here. and its really -- if the court does not want to be seen as partisan, its justices can cease pursuing it as legal agenda. >> it was wild to see him take a swing at free press. it was wild to watch him s...

Of our government that allow people to exercise power without winning a majority of the vote, either in the senate, the president, being allowed the minority president to put people on the court, who further restrict democracy, who further restrict the franchise. theres a stranglehold on democracy by a minority of americans who feel they have the right to rule the majority. that is the escalating crisis that is facing our democracy. and the supreme court isnt a neutral arbiter in that crisis. it...

Presidency, then allows a minoritarian president to put people in the court who further restrict democracy, who further restrict the franchise. theres this growing stranglehold on democracy by a minority of americans who feel like they have the right to rule the majority. that is the escalating crisis, and thats kind of facing our democracy. and the supreme court isnt a neutral arbiter in that crisis. its a combatant on the side of minority rule. >> adam, im going to give you the final word beca...