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Arguments. >> the newest ban that mississippi has put in place, the six-week ban, the senate sponsor said, were doing it because we have new justices on the supreme court. will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? i dont see how it is possible. if people actually believe that its all political, how will we survive? >> the brazen pressing of a political agenda, the perception of it, at least, ...

Means that you are going to get more and more of these individuals who are more ideologically extreme. justice sotomayors comments on wednesday about the stench, the fact that this is going to be viewed by the public as nakedly political, i think that was directed at the chief justice. she was trying to get him onside to stay on these two precedents, roe and casey, and i think he found immediately that she would find no quarter there. the chief justice did not seem interest in upholding those tw...

Are still fugitives. there is still a manhunt. that is an undeniable fact, regardless of some of these logistical hiccups that obviously went on. shaq brewster, one of the very best of the best, thank you for pulling the curtain back on your reporting. were grateful to talk to you. still ahead for us, the prosecutor in the michigan school shooting case on her decision to take the extraordinary step of charging the shooting suspects parents with involuntary manslaughter. our conversation with o...

Stench is because of this new thing that republican appointees, at least these republican appointees, were a foregone conclusion when it came to the mississippi abortion ban. talk about her comments. talk about the stench, and talk about where we find ourselves. >> well, i think one of the things thats really important to understand here is that the political process for identifying and naming justices has become incredibly politicized and part of that is the work of congress itself. the limitin...

Basically to be afraid if they really are going to go ahead with what it seems like they want to do. should that indicate to us that thats an important internal dynamic among the justices? >> oh, it is a very, very important consideration for the entire court. i mean, yes, there were questions today from some of the justices that sounded skeptical about the standard in roe v. wade, about whether it would weaken or even overturn roe v. wade. but at the end of the day, they have to wrestle with th...

Of varying political backgrounds. now the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in mississippi, said were doing it because we have new justices. the newest ban mississippi has put in place, the six-week ban, the senate sponsor said we are doing it because we have new justices on the supreme court. will this institution survive the stench this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts. i dont see how it is possible. >> leading off our discussio...

This point he basically ignores the hearings because everybody knows the script they have to follow in order to get confirmed and the only thing we should look at is what the presidents look at when they appoint the justices which is their record. if you look at kavanaughs record and barretts record, gorsuchs record, you can see why donald trump said in one of the debates with hillary clinton if i get elected president, its going to be automatic that roe v wade gets overturned and i think hes go...

With choice, but if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> it doesnt seem to me to follow that pregnancy then parenthood are all part of the same burden. >> if you think about some of the most important cases, the most consequential cases in this course history, there is a string of them where the cases overruled president, >> now the sponsors of this bill, the house bill in mississippi, said we are doing it because we have new justices. will this institution sur...

This morning the battle over abortion rights is growing more urgent after the supreme court signalled it might uphold mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks it comes after 90 minutes of oral arguments with justices at odds over the law itself and what changing it could mean for the court itself. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? >> the most consequential cases in thi...

Justice sotomayors right to worry about a noxious stench but it is the one the court created in 1973 when it robbed the states of their right to determine this issue for themselves. in the words of the late great antonin scalia. >> regardless of whether you think prohibit abortions good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad the constitution does not say anything about it. it leaves it up to democratic choice. some states prohibit it, some states didnt. what roe versus wade said was no...