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Effect and one is after it goes into effect. we havent hit this second stage with the texas law. presumably that would happen if someone were to bring a lawsuit against people around a woman, people who aided and abetted a woman in getting an abortion, and then if that lawsuit was brought by some amorphous third party, we would have people to challenge the statute as it is working in practice. but this statute, the evil jean genius is that it is designed not to get to that point. it provided a p...

The committee announced friday on the hearing on the law and shadow docket of the supreme court, decisions made on an emergency basis. do you know when that hearing will happen, who you want to hear from, what are you hoping to get out of that. >> a lot of people dont know what the shadow docket is. i think well be hearing from scholars as to the abuse of the shadow docket by this supreme court because theyve used the shadow docket to do the thing they just did, basically to overturn roe v. wade...

Saying that the two male co-founders brought it forward and said that we want to do it even though it is controversial topic and they could lose some customers, it is the right thing to do, and more of corporate america should take a stand. geoff. >> so, barbara, lets talk about the substance of this, and also the process, because here you have, and you could make the argument that this is one of the supreme courts most important ruling, roe v. wade and brown v. board of education, and initially...

Justices kagan and breyer joined the chief justice did not join her decision nor did she join his dissent. she was making it very clear that not only has the court allowed a law that flagrantly violates existing constitutional precedence it did so under the cover of the shadow docket. we didnt really talk about this as a particular threat to abortion rights in the lead up in part because this case came up on the shadow docket. it wasnt on the merits docket. there wasnt a lot of anticipation. the...

And only four times during the entire bush and obama terms, this is an abuse. so you use the shadow docket where you dont have to even say who is voting, who is, you know, doing the position that uses the shadow docket and theres no hearing. theres nothing. so theres no accountability they hope, but in this case we have four justices who filed dissents on what the five other justices did. >> 48, i cant help but notice, is not 50. >> thats right. >> that seems to me -- well, that is sort of the i...

Law. >> there is an appetite for that and a companion build at 48 democratic senators side. i am one of them. so when we have this hearing on the abuse of the shadow docket, its a need for supreme court reform. >> would you mean by court reform? >> court reform, the fact that we have a supreme court using its powers -- abusing its power. so we cannot talk about term limits. we can talk about applying the provisions. we can increase the number of the supreme court. we can cycle through judges. i ...

Out to -- anyway, and it just seems -- i know this sounds ridiculous, almost un-american. i was told that there are possibilities within the existing law to have the justice department look and see whether are there things that can be done that can limit the independent action of individuals in enforcing a federal -- and a -- and a state law. >> the senate judiciary committee now plans to hold a hearing examining not only the law, but also the high courts decision to allow it to take effect. in ...

The law is indefensible. the mechanics of the law are indefensible. the actual law itself, complete abortion ban, as complicated as most peoples views on abortion might be, they are not complicated on how horrible the law is. today the senate judiciary committee announced they would hold a hearing to examine the texas abortion ban and the supreme courts abuse of the shadow docket. mazie hirono is a member of that committee and joins me now. senator, what is the agenda for senate democrats to dea...

The program last night that would codify the roe standard into law, into federal law. is there appetite for that in the senate? obviously we need to pass it in both houses for it to become law. >> theres an appetite for that and the companion bill that 48 democratic senators signed. i am one of them. so when we have this hearing on the abuse of the shadow docket, what is going to come out i think is the need for supreme court reform and that -- >> what do you mean by court reform? >> court refor...

Its the better pr strategy. you had thoughts on twitter saying you were on "meet the press" to respond to that. respond. >> i appreciate the opportunity to say that that take is absolutely absurd. really has no business being broadcast on mainstream television. this was a procedural ruling. thats correct. but they have substantive implications. this ruling effectively gut away with three decades of supreme court precedent. roe is effectively dead in texas. it is, as you say, working on the shado...