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Debate as well as a 50-year legal debate. you see the crowd gathered outside the court as jessica speaks to us. jess, lets go through this. one of the leading liberals, sonia sotomayor, says throwing this out will put them right in the middle of politics. >> 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. it is what casey talked about when it talked about watershed de...

My coal, you will recall that mississippi when it passed the law thats under question here, they passed that with representatives going to the floor of the mississippi house, in essence, now that we have got this new conservative majority, we can pass this law which we know violates the law which we could have never gotten past a preliminary injunction and up to the court before but now with the three new justices, its time. >> lame play justice society myiars comments. >> the newest ban that mi...

Court, is the sense that we want to give the states this power from the conservative standpoint, and that goes against science. so then just forget about science and make up standards as we go along. >> and steve, to the question of precedent, justice sotomayor talked about or asked the question will the institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception. this is all political. >> i think its the right question from justice sotomayor, and one of the things that really came...

>> so what are we to make of their states despair about their views of the court that conservatives dont like anyone, anyone in america thinks theyre political and yet what justice sotomayor said today about the stench seems to be a real problem that bothers all of them. >> its 100% a real problem. ive never heard the justices openly muse about it in the context of an oral argument. one will give a speech and say were worried about this or that, but to do it in an argument and to have the langua...

They have always thought it was right and wrong for. >> the upon sorts of this bill, the house bill in mississippi, said "were doing it because we have new justices." the new esteban 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 pos...

Itll be seen that way. they wont have any legitimacy anymore. >> yeah, i think that is a real concern. because if they were really following precedent, because stare decisis just means it stands, and does roe stand? does casey stand? does saying a woman has a fundamental right to control her body and decisions around her body, does that stand? after 50 years of basically saying yes, it does, they have heard, and i certainly didnt hear any grounds to say that the facts underneath this changes any...

Right now a consequential case that could reshape abortion rights in the united states. this morning the supreme court is hearing arguments in mississippis push to ban abortions after 15 weeks with very few exceptions, and that is directly putting the future of roe v wade in jeopardy. >> back with former assistant u.s. attorney kim wehle and new york city prosecutor paul callan. there was a moment a few moments ago where justice sotomayor raised the issue that the mississippi lawmakers who propo...

Biggest surprise to me is how much amy coney barrett, who has not spoken on abortion yet, seems perfectly happy to overturn roe v. wade. in fact, enthusiastic about it. jessica quoted stephen breyers argument where he says we should be especially careful not to overturn watershed opinions. later in the argument, amy coney barrett made the argument watershed opinions, theres no such category. they should just be treated like any other kind of opinion, and they can be overruled, too. it should be ...

Two of them members of this court. but 15 justices have said yes, of varying political backgrounds. will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution hand its reading are just political acts? >> what does this reveal? why is this a moment to highlight, jeffrey? >> because the court prides itself, all of the justices like to say that we are not politicians, we are judges, and we enforce the law, not because were democrats are republicans, bu...

0 say. >> really? >> yeah. they used to be more polite. i have to say, the court over the last few years has gotten a bit more sharp in their questioning. and even sometimes to each other, and making digs at each other. thats an unfortunate trend. but i think for the most part, youll hear a respectful discussion of the issues between the advocates and the court. maybe the most important thing to think about is when the justices are asking a question, theyre not necessarily wanting to hear the an...