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America today. trey: i listened to oral arguments. justice sotomayor mentioned politics and there would be a stench on the court, a lot of decision made according to politics, politics is people deciding for themselves. is the issue whether or not the court should weigh and balance the factors or the people? >> that is really the question. the supreme court exists as a court. that means its job is to interpret and apply the law as given to them by the people. it is the people whether it be throu...

The lingering stench made residents sick and cost the county $5.4 million to remedy.

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They see it as a personal issue. it is about whether or not people have the autonomy and the freedom to make decisions and control their own lives. and so the implications of rolling back 50 years of precedent around this particular right is really shocking to behold. i think justice sotomayor really put her finger on it in her comments and statements during the hearing on tuesday when she talked about will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the c...

She questioned whether the institution of the supreme court could survive the stench that would result if the people came to think that the courts interpretation of the constitution was nothing more than a political act. >> yeah. and it seems -- its incredible when i look back at the president at the time president trump saying he was going to appoint pro-life justices and using that as a litmus test and where we are now, that you cannot already say that we are seeing a political court here. tha...

Constitution and its reading are just political acts? i dont see how its possible, if people actually believe its all political, how will we survive? how will the court survive? >> two things about that, the word stench. i cant remember anything close to that word being evoked in that courtroom. usually a lot of legalese and things about rights. stench was so raw and you can feel her colleagues draw back a bit. again, theyre not masks. shes masked because shes taking extra care of her health but...

Roe or fully overturn it. that would have an entirely different effect. already in other states, especially the ourn states i was in, you hear female voters voluntarily bring up the abortion issues about their concerns and they now legitimately think the supreme court could overturn it. i know women in prior elections and other people across the country didnt think that was a possibility but now with the dynamic on the court, more conservative leaning court, they do see it as a genuine -- genuin...

And do so in a way that its decision would be unsupported by the vast majority of the american public. she questioned whether the institution of the supreme court could survive the stench that would result if the people came to think that the courts interpretation of the constitution was nothing more than a political act. >> yeah. and it seems -- its incredible when i look back at the president at the time president trump saying he was going to appoint pro-life justices and using that as a litmu...

Constitution and its reading are just political acts? i dont see how it is possible. >> and so, ruth, that is the crux of whats happening here. in the end, its the legitimacy of the court thats at stake here in addition to roe v. wade, right? >> it is. and i thought that was one of the most remarkably powerful, remarkably raw moments that i have heard from a supreme court justice in that chamber. for her to use the word stench, i wrote a column about this at washingtonpost.com. thats not a word ...

If the supreme court changes abortion rights in this country, could that lead democrats to change the supreme court? after hearing arguments in front of the high court this week, many believe a majority of justices are ready to overturn the precedent of roe v. wade. >> its hard to think of something in the modern history of the united states that will be more epic than a ruling that either overrules or severely limits roe v. wade. its so central to our understanding of what the supreme court is ...