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Ainsley: protests erupting outside the supreme court on wednesday as justices hear landmark case involving a mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. the highly contentious case is a potential game changer for both sides of this movement and undo precedent on the set with roe v. wade. sonia sotomayor worried about the political stench if overturn roe v. wade. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its readi...

Said were doing it because we have new justices. the newest band that mississippi has put in place, the six-week ban, the senate sponsors 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? >> will this institution survived the s...

Brought up. which is existential, will the core survive this? that was the worth of justice sotomayor. if there is the stench of just politics with disagree with it will go to the fundamentals of what the judge does, so whatever the justices were asking today whatever they might think about the president they will take it very seriously this question about the legitimacy of the court. >> in terms of your work and, the work of other organizations, i know theres nothing like the center for constit...

Conservatives. have been open about their hopes of overturning roe and its follow-up case, planned parenthood is kc. based on the courts current makeup and that has the liberal justices warning today that taking that step could appear purely political. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political facts? speak one bulks of the arguments focus when it is appropriate for the countries hides courts to ...

At one point quoting directly from the casey decision justice breyer seemed to be speaking directly to his colleagues. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? >> to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. >> just breyer started with stare decisis, an important princ...

Protected. and theres a third first that i think is extremely important. you ended with the quotation from justice sotomayor asking whether the institution of the supreme court can preserve its legitimacy. continue its important role in our country if the stench of on that court its so visible and evident as it will be, when nothing but the composition of the court has changed. nothing else has changed in the 30 years since casey. and really in the 50 years since roe. nothing constitutionally re...

Roe would undermine public confidence. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts >> reporter: chief justice john roberts suggested he would uphold the mississippi law without explicitly overturning roe. >> if it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> reporter: but several of the courts conservatives appeared willing to rule for abortion opponents who say roe wa...

Finally make former slaves full citizens of the country, but by letting each state vote by majority vote in that state about whether fetuses will be protected or women will be protected. there is a third i think is extremely important. you ended with the quotation from justice sotomayor asking whether the institution of the supreme court can preserve its legitimacy, continue its important role in our country. if the stench on that court is so vicible and evident as it will be when nothing but th...

I dont see how its possible if people actually believe its all political, how will we survive? how will the court survive? >> you have an answer for that? >> stench. thats not a word you hear justices talking about with their own -- stench. thats a pretty tough word. you know, justice robert jackson that served in the 40s and 50s had something he said about the supreme court that i always remember. were not final because were infallible. we are infallible because we are final. in other words, so...

>> reporter: the courts other conservatives question why roe should be upheld when the constitution says nothing about abortion. >> the constitution is neither pro-life nor pro choice on the question of abortion. >> reporter: it is a case that could re-make the legal landscape surrounding abortion in the united states. the arguments drew hundreds of protesters on both sides of the emotional debate to the steps of the supreme court. the stakes high as a dozen states have trigger laws on the books...