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Least protected right in the lexicon at this point. so i also suggest that were not -- its really more than roe v. wade although thats what this discussion is about. the next supreme court is going to have to deal with issues of presidential power. if the mueller investigation winds up challenging the president, theres going to be issues of presidential power in addition to affirmative action, et cetera. so it is a complicated -- its a much more complicated discussion. >> yeah. irin cameraon, na...

Shut out and thats roe poisoning the system that way and people mobilizing is not at all inconsistent with what youre saying, irin is exactly the point. the anti-abortion movement in this country is incredibly strong tore precisely the reason they want to see abortion banned. that is why -- >> ruth bader ginsburg agrees with leon. he had would have preferred it was left to the states. but we also have 45 years of precedent and people who have organized their lives around legal abortion and we al...

Reproductive freedom but there is absolutely no question that gorsuch, roberts, and anyone who is appointed to replace kennedy if trump appoints someone and theyre confirmed for this senate, they are gunning to roe. its only a question of how explicit will they be, how long will they take to get there, what legal theory theyll use but this is something the right has been working on for 45 years and has finally gotten herr chance. >> i will note leons last point about feeling democratically shut ...

Candidate, kind of what napped 1992, some independent coming up and taking 10% and throwing it to the democrats. i dont think hell lose in the republican primary but i do think it will hurt his chances. >> nancy, what did you want to say? and i want to back off for a moment. we are talking about a right that the court has been picking at and undermining and limiting for the longest time. so whats really in the winds here is are we going to make abortion criminal again? thats what roe v. wade now...

And then there are as we argued about bork people outside the range, people whose positions are not within the main vaem, people who are sort of willy nilly going to overturn precedent. and i think within the range youre right, its hide the ball. its a kabuki ritual. you dont want to talk about it. but the people outside the range, those are the ones we have to be talking about. what makes this -- what makes trump different is that i have never heard of a president who had a slate. its like trea...

Would whos going to be my vice president. i have a slate of candidates. thats never been done before. >> yeah, both the sort of explicit promise and the slate of candidates, which to leon i think leon helped him with conservatives. these are the five that sayering a on the short list now. thomas hardman, raymond keth lej, amy coney barrett and bret cavanaugh who people have been talking about forever. you have david suter, sandra day oconnor, anthony kennedy, all three appointed by republicans, ...

Abortion nationwide, found to be a constitutionally protected right. but right now both women arent saying much to put abortion rides advocates at ease. "ms. murkowski has said she will consider a nominees views on the abortion rights views but that it alone would not be a litmus test for her choice." joining me now is journalist erin carmone, co-author of the notorious rbg. shes got a piece in the "washington post" sayinger, conservatives will try overturn roe versus wade. and leon wolfe, manag...

Conscience, and then ill face the voters and let the chips fall where they may. that would be the move that makes sense to me. >> solid advice, leon wolfe, thank you. coming you up, the trump takes a sat at one of our allies, calling canadas disgray. plus tonights thing 1, thing 2 starting next. ♪ hey, bud. you need some help? no, im good. come on, moe. i have to go. (vo) we always trusted our subaru impreza would be there for him someday.

Joining me now, leon wolfe. i find all of this bewildering, leon. do you? >> absolutely. you know, i keep thinking about, you know those pictures that used to be a big deal back in the 90s. they were garbage but if you looked at them at the right angle, they made this 3-d picture that made sense. i havent yet found the angle to look at this story to where any sort of anything but a mess shows up. >> i completely agree with that. again, i love the idea of people saying, im making a career move be...

Successful run. that, according to the atlantics mckay coppins left the political class reeling in utah. then today chaffetz said he might not even finish his current term. my future plans are not yet finalized, but i havent ruled out the possibility of leaving early. in the meantime, i still have a job to do and i have no plans to take my foot off the gas. joining me now, leon wolfe. i find all of this bewildering, leon. do you? >> absolutely. you know, i keep thinking about, you know those pic...