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Of office when he went to work for the department of justice to uphold the constitution is behaving in the way that he is today. >> i should say that the committees report on clark says the committee believes that clark had conversations with others in the federal government, including members of congress, regarding efforts to delegitimized the results of the election in the weeks leading up to january 6th. you mentioned something i saw before, which i dont know if you have stated or indicated t...

Send their skills to secular schools. the court ruled in favor of the parents that didnt want to do that. said the government could not intervene in that situation. the court called that and unreasonable interference with the liberty of appearance that violates the 14th amendment right to due process. that decision, an important one, expanded the idea that there exists a category of personal liberty. personal freedom so fundamental and intimate that even if not explicitly protected by the consti...

Delivered to have it if -- mississippi is confident those justices will rule in their favor. so, today, they were cleansed. if they dont just want the mississippi law upheld with the 16 weeks. they want roe overturned. done. they want to take this right away from americans have had it for generations. they want to kill roe and they want to kill the 1992 decision that held it, planned parenthood versus casey. this is a portion of the opening arguments in the mississippi solicitor general john ste...

New justices on the supreme court. with will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? i dont see how it is possible. >> so, to just be crystal clear. conservatives have been our are trying to take away a right that americans have had for nearly five decades. the right of bodily autonomy over pregnant persons decision about what to do with their body. and if the supreme court rules in mississippis...

Process. the reality is people who are going to be most affected are the most disenfranchised from the political process. they are the ones who are going to be -- women of color, immigrants, may not have the status to vote or who may be blocked from voting. that of course, is a project of this court as well. so, they clearly believe that they are insulated from democratic accountability. as a result of a broader picture that the court has help draw out. >> theres also, melissa, when they talk ab...

0 >> people actually believe that its all political, how will we survive? how will the court survive? >> then, a surprise announcement from jeffrey clark, as the january 6th committee makes the move towards a second contempt for. plus, the damning implications of new reports that the former president had covid way longer than we knew. including at the debate. >> tonight, is an example everybodys had attests and youve had social distancing. >> and why the current president has a compelling case. ...

This idea the constitution should be interpreted in its original meaning at a time when there was an enormous democratic deficit, where women didnt count. this is what they want. theyre an organization of ideas, and theyre trying to seed an idea of a limited government, a limited administrative state and very limited powers for congress. so rolling back the entire system of regulations, so abortion is part of it. but its also about constricting government power everywhere else. >> and theres a m...

Catholic. they want to get rid of roe. that is the project very clearly. >> roe v. wade is part of it, and this is the time. the legislation you see popping up in these states are a response to a more hospitable climate in the courts. the bigger issue for the federal societies is theyre an organization of ideas. they are trying to seed the ideas of conservative movement, this idea the constitution should be interpreted in its original meaning at a time when there was an enormous democratic defic...