michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
legislators. michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in this short does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior o
clear. but if that texas ruling becomes actually the law of the land effectively, much of abortion will be outlawed nationwide. i have golf. i have the masters on the brain this weekend. i take it therefore, that nobody wants a mulligan. nobody wants a do over. you think that if and when it gets to the supreme court, the lineup will pretty much be the same as it was in the habs case. in the dobbs case, michael? yeah no, it ll be pardon me. i think that it look, you know, you know what i used to say? i used to say they will never overturn roe v. wade and then you know once donald trump got his third appointee on the court, i had had to recalibrate on that. so it s a little difficult to make predictions. but i would say there were five justices who went all the way on roe v. wade with the idea that they were done with it. and that, as brett kavanaugh said, they weren t actually outline nationwide if they get if and when. and they
to you by audiobook network. others tell your story producing audio book with us to earn more profits and find a new audience for your published book. produce an audiobook. we handle narration, production and digital distribution 38559. two opposing rulings on abortion pills are pushing the issue back toward the supreme court after the overturn of roe versus wade. within less than an hour last night to judge in texas ruled that the fda approval of an abortion pill should be halted and another judge in washington state ordered the federal government to keep the same drug available in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, who had sued to keep access. both the doj and the fda has already appealed the ruling in texas. as the judge gave his seven day pause to his ruling so that the federal government could respond. these cases are destined for the supreme court. joining me now is joan biskupic , cnn senior supreme court analyst and author of the brand new book called nine r
inside the supreme court s drive to the right and its historic consequences. joan thank you so much for being here. does the court want to have to wade back into abortion so soon after the overturning of roe versus wade? good morning, michael. it s nice to be with you, based on what the slim majority said back on june 24th when they struck down abortion rights. the answer is no. they do not want this still at their court. just consider what justice samuel alito, who wrote for the majority, said it s time to return this issue to the states to elected legislators. hardly it s still with judges, frankly and then brett kavanaugh the key fifth vote in this case. added. this is a moral issue is a policy issue. it should be with the states and one of the things that brett kavanaugh said back in june, when they struck down constitutional abortion rights nationwide was we are not outlawing abortion nationwide. he wanted to make sure that was