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Theyll just get stranger, more painful and almost deadly. >> a recent poll shows public approval of the supreme court now at just 40%. a new low in recent weeks you have had defending. what do you make of this public positioning to defend the court in this moment as faith and trust is waning? >> i think they have no other choice. the court is unlike congress or the executive. it lacks the power of the purse and the sword. all it has to make us obey the dictates is legitimacy and seriously hobble...

It as an independent institution. >> now, to me this is an encouraging development. fun trivia fact, shadow docket, coined by a former clerk of john rodgers, not a crazy liberal. and intimidate the court is a choice of words, because its just criticism. the level will of defensiveness here shows the criticisms of the court are getting to them. they hear it. they know that the public perception of them is bad. and thats a good thing. because guess what justices alito, we live in a liberal democra...

Of the shadow docket, thats the process by which the supreme court decides emergency cases without revealing the reasoning. they dont issue big, um, big decisions. right? now the shadow docket has always existed. the thing is, this court has massively expanded it and also used it in obviously ideological ways. because they used it to inconsistentlier for cases with huge stakes. like last month when access to abortion in texas was cut off and five justices shrugged and said is, nothing we can do....

Such thing and said that expressly in our order. >> what do you have to say to that. >> the fact that a sitting supreme court justice would call out a journalist by name is -- when he maybes statement on behalf of the court he has the insullation of the protection of the court and the marshal service. the journalist is a private citizen doing his job and will likely be the target of those who follow justice alito and who believe he has been wronged and will take up the cause. this is literally a...

To stay the law while lower court proceedings proceeded would have been an appropriate use of the shadow docket. yet, on august 30th, the court did nothing as the clock struck midnight and texass law went into effect. >> hi again, everyone, its 5:00 in new york. following the supreme courts refusal to block texass new law that all but bans abortion in the state, theres been a barrage of criticism and harsh scrutiny over the supreme courts shadow docket. now, the shadow docket describes cases whe...

>> the shadow docket as the senate looks to the role of the supreme court. the ripple effect being felt in other courts as well. stay with us, this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. mitchell reports on msnbc. uranc, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. thats the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

The judiciary will be that independent unbiased check. joining us senator mazie hirono of hawaii. matt dowd is still here. you have had a busy week. tell me about this hearing. >> it was to shine a light on the weaponization of the shadow docket by this supreme court, the majority conservative supreme court thats using the shadow docket to basically push their ideaio logical agenda as exemplified by what they do in allowing the texas six-week abortion ban to take affect. >> senator, can you expl...

Century and the former president of planned parenthood joyce vants. lets talk about the lawsuit and the hearing to exam the, quote, what they consider advocates, abuses of the shadow docket by the supreme court was recently in the texas case. but congress really cant change that procedure, right, what the court does? >> it cant change it directly, andrea. but it can shine a light on it. here i think what this hearing reveals is the connectivity between the shadow docket, which republicans were v...

Vaccinated his breakthrough infection would have killed him. if one person changes their mind after hearing this, or after reading your tweets my day will be made. eugene will be sticking around a little bit longer. when we come back, an announcement from matthew dowd who says the gop has pushed his home state of texas so far to the right he is left with no alternatives. plus, the shadow docket is under scrutiny today on capitol hill. the judiciary committee calling out the high court for st...

Including criminal prosecution, to prevent the law from being enforced and to reduce its chilling effects. the fight to protect abortion rights in america and questions about the political potency of republicans beginning the process of overturning roe v. wade is where we start this hour. former senator claire mccaskill is here, also joining us, alexi mccammond, political reporter for axios, and matt miller is back, former chief spokesman for the justice department. lucky for us, all three msnbc...