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>> thanks, rachel. >> all right, that is going to do it for us for now. i will see you again on monday. it will be back here for the rachel maddow show monday night. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. >> good evening, rachel. good evening, lawrence. it was, i believe, 53 long days ago when i was running through the hallways here with this leaked opinion that i couldnt believe that i was holding. you had one, and just the shock of having a leaked supreme court opinio...

and i think thats, i think, part of the reason that youve had so much discussion today about whats next, because if theyre willing to do this on this, which they knew would be the most divisive possible thing in the country, obviously, they would do it on things for what they think they had even more leeway to operate. that, we dont care element to this is, i think, gonna be a profoundly important part of the way this changes the country. >> and when you think of the presidents who mad...

In recent elections Republicans, disguised as “non-partisan,” have tried to take over the Montana Supreme Court and erode the protections afforded Montanans under our Constitution.

There is a new push to once again legalize abortion in Kentucky. State Rep. Lindsey Burke announced Wednesday that she's filing legislation to restore abortion access in the Commonwealth.

>> thanks, rachel. >> all right, that is going to do it for us for now. i will see you again on monday. it will be back here for the rachel maddow show monday night. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. >> good evening, rachel. good evening, lawrence. it was, i believe, 53 long days ago when i was running through the hallways here with this leaked opinion that i couldnt believe that i was holding. you had one, and just the shock of having a leaked supreme court opinion, and the...

14th amendment to make interracial marriage a constitutional right, 20 years after that, clarence thomas use that constitution right, in the state of nebraska, where interracial marriage was illegal, until 1963. interracial marriage was still a novel concept for virginia thomass white relatives in nebraska, in the midwest, even after she married clarence thomas. in 1991, when clarence thomass nomination to the supreme court was announced, virginia thomass aunt and uncle spoke to the washington p...

>> thats the argument made in the lawsuit against san josé. >> its the same as you being required to pay a fee and get insurance just to air this show. >> are you concerned this could somehow become a national standard? >> if our lawsuit doesnt overturn this, its possible that other cities and states will seek legislation like this in an effort to curtail its citizens practicing their second amendment rights and of course we want to stop this right now. >> the mayor says san josé respect the s...

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To enforce the constitutional right to vote, those are the first seven words of the most consequential piece of legislation of the last century, the civil rights act of 1964. 50 years ago today, president lyndon johnson signed a bill into law surrounded by a bipartisan group of legislators and leaders of the civil rights movement, including a still controversial figure named martin luther king jr. that constitution right, the right to vote had itself been guaranteed a century before, the bills p...

Again, the appeal process can go on and on. >> 16 years until its very expensive. >> so jean casarez, thats an issue. i think a lot of death penalty advocates say, for heavens sake, we keep these people alive forever. weve got to give them medical care. weve got to look after them. put them in protective custody at time its. infinitely more difficult to keep them protected than just the death or the needle. the constitution right, once they hear from a jury and judge that theyre condemned to dea...