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Well, if you look at some of these cases i mentioned, there would be an argument that maybe they werent, so lower court judges are going to look at whatever the final opinion is and it might be this draft opinion, and they will be able to pull out words that are written in it that could go toward bringing down these decisions. and you know that these challenges are coming because even in this particular case, theres a friend of the court brief written by a lawyer. he urged the supreme court to o...

News here out of washington. the aftermath of that leaked draft decision on roe v. wade on the supreme court. several affirming their decision to put in place these trigger laws, to trigger abortion bans if roe v. wade gets struck down. check out this map here. youve got more than a dozen states, 13 of them, that would put in place an abortion ban by way of a trigger law, meaning as soon as the court decides to overturn roe, if that happens, the process begins. in so many states it takes typical...

News of the ruling sparked a flurry of concern from many Democratic California elected leaders.

Some Connecticut lawmakers are calling the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision an outrage and an attack on women. It comes just days after they passed the...

Establishing a new law that full out, full on banned abortion in its entirety in every state in the country in every instance? >> well, its a draft decision, and it doesnt really get into the issue of what the federal governments power i think would be in this area. so i think it certainly leaves that open as a possibility. it might be other obstacles to that, like the legislative filibuster we still have, at least for the time being in the united states senate. but, there are points which illeg...

Statement this morning on this situation right now as it relates to roe v. wade. and we could also hear from the president directly as he leaves the white house at 10:30 this morning. the white house made a practice of not commenting on leaked documents in the past. i would be surprised if they comment on this draft decision. but i think we can expect the white house and the president himself as well to reiterate what they have said before, the president during his state of the union address tal...

Out, full on banned abortion in its entirety in every state in the country in every instance? >> well, its a draft decision and it doesnt really get into the issue of what the federal governments power i think would be in this area. so i think it certainly leaves that open, as a possibility. there might be other obstacles to that, like the legislative filibuster we still have, at least for the time being, in the united states senate. but there are points at which alito tries to suggest that this...

Roe v. wade actively with abortion all nine months without any limit and now since then, there have been dozens of states that have tried to put limits in place and had trouble doing that. so roe v. wade does receive this huge blow and in fact from a real decision coming down the pie, it would mean that they could finally have abortion pans that they been wanting to have for decades. and that liberty of the states and also for the rights of children and the women who deserve the right to life ju...

Authenticity of the document. the supreme courts that declined to comment. this morning we spoke with josh gerstein who broke the news and former acting solicitor general neal cattal and barbara mcquade and john meacham on how this decision could test our democracy. >> the crisis of trust and institutions has just become universal. in a way that is pretty much the night here scenario if you believe in the ultimate efficacy of the constitutional order to produce a more perfect union, right. to pr...

0 >> from the beginning, proportions forces have seen this issue is a question of freedom of an individuals choice. the freedom to have an abortion is now legal in every state. >> and here we, are 49 years later, more than a lifetime ago for many of us. back in december, justice sonia sotomayor asked this, quote, well this institution survived the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and is reading arent just political acts? i dont know how it will be possible....