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That ruling came it would be dressed up to maybe look like good news for abortion rights but the ruling would actually be nothing of the kind. well, today we got that ruling and as usual she was right. senior editor at slate.com appreciate you being here tonight, my friend. thanks for making time. >> hi, rachel. >> am i right in thinking this might have been even worse than what you expected? >> i think so. i think when we talked a week ago i said that the court would just flat out strike down s...

Enforcement mechanism could be used to take away guns in california. so i think we have to be just really careful about apples and apples and apples and oranges. i think were going to get texas in the next a couple of weeks and its going to look like a big win for abortion rights and then i think were going to get a wallop in june on that. >> dahlia lithwick, senior editor at slate.com, as always, thank you for your clarity. >> thanks, rachel. weve got much more ahead here tonight. stay with u...

The biden administration supports it. people are going to wake up and realize the pressure has to be put on the congress. >> nancy northup, president and ceo for the center for reproductive rights. nancy, thank you so much for making time to be here tonight on this sort of -- its an understatement to call it momentous. thanks for being here. i want to turn now to our friend dolly lithwick, senior editor at slate.com. her latest piece is called "scotus will gaslight us until the end. oral argum...

It will look like a wash, right, we said that texas cant do what texas did. that is crazy, it is rachel talent he has them. so it is a wash, everyone can get something. the court is navigating a little pat, when in fact all they were worried about is that vigilante kind of enforcement mechanism that could be used to take guns in california. we have to be apples and apples, apples and oranges, i think we will get texas in the next couple of weeks and it will look like a big win for abortion white...

Something. and i think it will be another way to make it look as though the court is navigating a middle path when, in fact, really all they were worried about in texas was that that vigilante kind of enforcement mechanism could be used to take away guns in california. so i think we have to be just really careful about apples and apples and apples and oranges. i think were going to get texas in the next couple of weeks, and its going to look like a big win for abortion rights, and then i think w...

Act can address this law, the texas law, the dozens of other laws that have been passed that are being litigated in the courts right now. the house of representatives has passed the womens health protection act. its before the senate. the biden administration supports it. people are going to wake up and realize the pressure has to be put on the congress. >> nancy northup, president and ceo for the center for reproductive rights. nancy, thank you so much for making time to be here tonight on this...

Meadow. we >> the jury saw, and hopefully the country saw the truth about these people did, and who they are, and what they believe, and how incredibly dangerous it is to our society, to our civil society. this was four weeks of hearing about mein kampf, and hitler, and the at no-scape, and race war. and we persuaded the jury of the truth, which is that these guys planned based on their hateful beliefs, to come and commit violence against racial and religious minorities, and then they celebrated...

That the fifth circuit occurred in this case so that texas cannot continue to deny women and its borders right protected by this courts precedence one day longer. >> thank you counsel, the case is submitted >> the case is submitted. if they can do this then no constitutional right is safe, no constitutional decision from this court is safe, that would be an intolerable state affair, it cannot be the law, our constitutional guarantee cannot be that fragile. she was sworn in as solicitor general o...

Our constitutional guarantees cannot be that fragile. she was sworn in friday. this was her day at work in the supreme court today. joining us is the senior editor for slate.com, host of their podcast. great to see you much. >> thanks for having me. >> as somebody who knows these cases and the expectations for these arguments like the back of her hand, i just wanted to hear from you today. i know you were able to listen in to the arguments as we all were. what did you think? >> first off, i just...

Model to hold those who incite right wing extremist violence accountable. the evidence includes leaked communications that the lawyers say proved the violence was premeditated. amy spitanik, executive director of the civil rights group backing the lawsuit tells buzz feed news they hope the trial will quote help them by effectively bankrupting and dismantling these groups. senior editor and legal analyst for slate.com and host of the podcast, annicus. thank you very much for joining us. i know yo...