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President Joe Biden signing a bill into law that Democrats say safeguards gay and interracial marriages from the Supreme Court has been welcomed by its supporters.

PITTSBURGH – After a federal magistrate judge recommended that an amended lawsuit from a Vandergrift Borough Council member, which alleged a conspiracy-based campaign of defamation and slander undertaken by a number of borough officials was intended to drive her out of office, be dismissed for failure to prosecute, the presiding judge acted accordingly and threw out the case.

PITTSBURGH – A federal magistrate judge has recommended that an amended lawsuit from a Vandergrift Borough Council member, which alleged a conspiracy-based campaign of defamation and slander undertaken by a number of borough officials was intended to drive her out of office, be dismissed for failure to prosecute.

Spoke about going even further than alito, the idea of where alito tried to say, look, im just trying to talk about abortion here. he wanted to go farther to same sex marriage possibly and other, birth control and contraceptives. what do you make of that decision and that statement to go even further than what was written in the majority? >> well, i think justice thomas has always had a different view of where these rights come from. if i look on my constitutional law professor hat, the majority...

State-by-state decision. like, im legitimately asking why you would think its not really at risk? >> a couple things. one, so justice thomas is one justice. he says that the decision should be reconsidered. he also suggested a possible alternative basis for reaching the same conclusion. just abandoning substantive due process using the privileges and immunities clause. second, the fact that 47 republicans in the house have voted for this suggests that its not the same sort of issue as abortion. ...

Else, what does it mean for people who travel out-of-state for abortion? >> at the moment, there is no prohibition on that. we know several states are working on legislation to prohibit that. right now, there is a constitutional right that permits travel. brett kavanaugh, in his concurring opinion, said there would be no prohibition on travel to obtain an abortion. but that wright comes from the same origin that the right to an abortion came from. the idea of due process that there are some righ...

Honest in his concurrence. instead if you pull out substantive due process in an enumerated rights, everything else is really subject to attack. we are already seeing that happen a week after jobs. >> i want to pull back a little bit and taken the big picture. what do you think the impact of this course long term is on democracy as we know it? >> given that so many of their opinions seem to be either overtly based in religion or, sort of, thinly veiled religiously driven opinions. it really does...

When barack obama was president of the united states, my liberal friends get mad at me. or roe v. wade, was organizing to replace alito whose mission in life was to overturn roe v. wade or mcconnell and his blocking. all you have to do is look at the concurring opinion of justice thomas. theyre coming after privacy rights. theyre coming after substantive due process. and everything -- every line that you can draw from that. i will tell you that i didnt make any as in law school. you know what th...

Language. the fact rbg should have retired when barack obama was president of the united states, my liberal friends get mad at me. or roe v. wade, was organizing to replace alito whose mission in life was to overturn roe v. wade or mcconnell and his blocking. all you have to do is look at the concurring opinion of justice thomas. theyre coming after privacy rights. theyre coming after substantive due process. and everything -- every line that you can draw from that. i will tell you that i didnt ...

Substancive due process. >> geraldo: contraception, same gender sex, same sex marriage, which is ironic because he was in a mixed marriage. thats next. i think that that scared the be-jesus out of everybody. dana referenced it. you have no idea how this community has been affected and influenced by the suggestion that hes going after you. >> jeanine: wait a minute. he said -- were talking about substantive due process. thats where theres a right to bear arms. not implicit. let me finish. its not...