tonight justin pierson on his historic expulsion and the anti democratic republican movement in tennessee an beyond and private jet, super yachts, and the every man facade of th supreme court justices there is something normal about it i come from regular stop clarence thomas responds to explosive reporting on the secret gifts that he has bee receiving from a republica maga donor when you, somebody is flyin you around the world and takin you around on their super fanc boots, you are indebted to them. all in starts right now good evening from new york, am chris hayes we have breaking news this evening. we just received a shocking if not unexpected audacious, to m mind lawless reeling from federal judge in texas appointed by donald trump. undoing the fda s 23 year ol approval of one of the two drugs commonly used in medication abortion. this pill has been safely used by millions of people across the country for decades, i a sure that people watching this program right
control until the supreme cour case in griswold finds a right to privacy under substantive due process for people to be able to access that. they re reviving that act, it not right? let me just say i didn mean to suggest that this is all pretextual this is filed in amarillo wher the judge is the only federa judge sitting because they kne that he would respond in thi way, so it is very clear wha the interest was and why thi was done so this is not a rationa decision and the way and the tax even makes it clear. with regards to the act, it wa passed a 1979 to prohibit th distribution of quote unquot articles used for immora purposes through the federal mail service or interstate commerce that could be a lot of things, information about birth control, actual birth control, even erotica and sex toys and thing of that nature but it was meant to cut down o vice the law that you mentioned tha was invalidated in 196
griswold riches connecticut is what is known as a mini co stop law, which is a state level law that they do the sam thing within the jurisdictio of the state that was invalidated i griswold they come stock act, althoug it has been in a state o destitute, that was not th federal act remains good law that is essentially a reviving of it almost like a is on th law, if you will that is that you canno distribute through other mechanisms i want to make sure i hav my head around, as the plaintiffs argued that the 187 comstock act which is one of these peak victorian moral panic pieces of legislation, like you cannot have a bas moving through the mail. this 19th century law applie to mailing through the federal mail mifepristone? that is the theory here that the fda, if it were t allow for the distribution o medication abortion, o
nashville s metro council. it is like their city council. a newly an active law passed i retaliation because, ready for this the council refused to host th 2024 republican national convention the new state law will cut the council in half. you wouldn t take the rnc, and this is not just happening i tennessee. state after state, republicans are combining their perfectl democratic legitimate strength in rural areas where they are very good at getting elected with the illegitimate practice of aggressive partisan gerrymandering, and extremel aggressive tactics to lock i their hold on power. they are doing it even in th face of statewide opposition i mean, look at wisconsin fo republicans rigging the wors gerrymander in the country las year this week, the liberal candidate overwhelmingly won a seat on the supreme court. the very same court that approved those new gerrymandering masks, which no might be reversed. in north carolina, republicans are now holding veto proof super majority in bot
mifepristone through the mails it would be violating th comstock act irrespective of whether it has the approval no under judge kacsmaryk s ruling so again, a real visitation of this law that literally date back to 1879, and as you say the moral panic that we ha over the use of these articles for immoral purposes yeah, well not letting th ladies get their hands on item for immoral purposes as deeply rooted in our history an traditions you have to give sam alito that. i think that founders didn t - who knows what the ladies woul get up to if they have acces to the mail? now we get to the crazy fe courts exam portion of the switches, you have the washington judge who has a injunction requiring the fda t keep it on shelves that is not a national injunction, it applies to wher he has jurisdiction. you have the kacsmaryk rulin but it stayed seven days