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Republican district 30 years ago, right after the casey decision, and right after the clarence thomas, anita hill hearings, by a group of -- my wedge was a group of republican women who formed republicans for harmon, because i was the pro-choice candidate in the race. and made a huge difference. and i think that democrats ought to be pitching to republican women, keep the issue simple, and make sure they understand, 75% of the country is pro-choice. make sure they understand whats at stake here ...

Of the press. this was under oath in front of the among american congress in american people. they fit something completely different than what they are espousing no. >> they did. i think the two worst defenders have to be cabinet -- kavanaugh really went out of his way to reassure us that the precedent upon precedent according to the casey decision, both of them said it was a precedent. a settled law. amy -- amy kony barrett was a bit widely or, but she had to be, because she has been on record...

Part of marginalized communitiess and have relied on supreme court decision with regard to privacy and notion of privacy, which is important to the roe decision, the casey decision that followed and other decisions like griswald, lawrence with regard to intimacy for lgbt couples. as the president said, a lot of things relye on the juris prudence that are in question and that is a concern for a lot of americans and out of concern for we talked about is the president being truthful in the statemen...

Privacy or legal precedent because for them this is a moral issue. despite losing the popular vote seven out of the past eight elections, six points on the bench appointed by the gop. the problem is some of those republican-appointed justices currently supporting the decision to overturn roe v. wade reassured their senators they wouldnt dream of doing this, remember brett kavanaugh? >> what would you say your position today is on a womans right to choose? >> id say, judge -- >> as a judge. >> as...

Thinks roe was bad constitutional law. not talking about the policy of abortion, access to abortion. even ruth bader ginsburg thought that roe was a fraught decision because of what it did to the politics of the country. and the idea that, you know, supreme court nominees are going to say weve learned this since suter or bork, you can pick your time line, what they need to say that is factually accurate that gives us as little as possible to political opponents to derail their nomination. you ha...

M marry someone of the opposite sex or the same same-sex. will you about able to separate this out and put it in a box with decisions concerning potential life, and that those other kinds of issues dont involve potential life. but, obviously, many americans might disagree. and i suspect that the dissents youll see in this case are going to really zero in on that question could this decision have a more dramatic impact, despite the assurances that alito tries to give in the draft opinion. >> josh...

Supported by five republican justices. reaffirmed in casey decision generations later. abortion rights broadly popular with the american people, with 69% opposing roe being overturned according to a recent cnn poll. 86% of democrats, 72% of independents and even 44% of republicans. but not only that, according to gallop last year, 19% of americans thought that abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. 32% thought it should be legal in all circumstances. and 48% said it should be legal onl...

Abortion. and saying were only talking abortion here. this decision has no impact on any other decision which is critics have said are based on more broad and vague themes in the constitution. arguably. the word "pr"privacy" not reall appearing there. obviously, the word "abortion" not appeared in that document drafted in 1870 but can you tuck abortion out of the jurisprudence and say were going to take all of that out and leave contraception and the right to marry someone of a different race, c...

Thomas for whom i clerkednf his confirmation afterir the casey decision after after lawrence v. texas all these cases, the legitimacy of the court is called into i question. what about now? so the justice chief justice, itsnow incumbent upon him to bring every law clerk before him. give me your phone. sorry. im sorry. or the fbi. give me your phone. we want all your accounts. weve got we got to do our own you know, we have to do our own look atnd every device that youve ever used and find out wh...

Opinion in 1973. in opinion after opinion over the next 50 years, 49 years, the supreme court ratified that view. most famously in 1992 in the casey decision where the court again reaffirmed roe v wade but justice scalia and thomas have been -- were criticizing that opinion over and over again saying the constitution itself says nothing about abortion. the constitution doesnt recognize the right to abortion, doesnt prohibit, doesnt grant a right to abortion. it simply is a political issue that s...