politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
enters demolition mode if you take a look at the numbers, he s very high on crime. a twice impeached, indicted ex president s outmaneuverin the governor of florida. ron desantis loves sticking his fingers where they don t belong live from the studios o telemundo in miami, all in starts right now good evening from miami, i a chris hayes. thank you for joining me for a very special live audience edition of all in here in sout florida. we just got some news about an hour ago, the supreme cour temporarily halted a rulin blocking access to an abortion pill called mifepristone this drug, which has bee approved by the fda for 23 years as used in more than hal of all abortions across th country. its status is safer now. but the right wing war o abortion is still ongoing. the only reason we are here in the first place is because the case was brought b anti-abortion groups, brough to a friendly judge who they knew they had on their side, a part of an explicit politica project t
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
easier, telemundo. and ayman mohyeldin is in fo alex good evening, ayman. good evening, chris hayes enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to you at home fo joining us this hour i m ayman mohyeldin in for ale wagner we start tonight with hi breaking news that came out of the supreme court. it s breaking news about this, this drug. it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha earlier this month, trump-appointed federal judg in texas ruled that despit this drug being used safely fo 23 years now, the fda was wron to approve the drug. and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th