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Oral arguments made clear this court will overturn roe and theyll insist on their own reasonableness the whole time. dahlia explained to us what she heard that day that gave her the basis for that sort of clarion take. listen. >> i think going into argument today, there was a narrative that went, this isnt really a 6-3 court. its a 3-3-3 court that amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh and the chief justice are incrementalists, they care what people think. there was no reason to believe, other t...

She explained to us what she heard giving us the basis for that take. listen. >> i think that going into argument today there was a narrative that went this is not really a 6-3 court. brett kavanaugh and the chief justice. they hear what people think. there is no reason to believe other than the chief justice who was trying to figure out not to overturn roe. maybe we can move the viability line and be okay with a 15-week instead of a 24-week ban. there was no reason to believe he had a single ot...

Theyll insist on their own reasonableness the entire time. dalia explained to us what he shored that day that gave us the basis for that take. listen. >> i think going into arguments today, there was a narrative that went, this isnt really a 6-3 court. its a 3-3 court that amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh and the chief justice are instrumentalists. they care what people think. there was no reason to believe, other than the chief justice trying to figure out a middle way not to overturn roe,...

Insist on their own reasonableness the whole time. dahlia explained to us what she heard that day. >> i think going into argument today there was a narrative that went this isnt really a 6-3 court, amy cney barrett and brett kavanaugh are instrument allists, they care what people think. there was no reason to believe other than the chief justice who was trying to figure out a middle way not to overturn roe, maybe we could move the viability line and be okay with a 15 week instead of a 24-week ba...

On this or is this binary? >> well, it was clear both from the solicitor generals argument and the argument by our lawyer in the courtroom as well as granted by the state of mississippi that you cant uphold mississippis law without overturning roe versus wade. there will be no stopping ground. theyll say 15 weeks in mississippi now. mississippi passed a six-week ban and theyll be back in court and theyve made their argumentsal read they the six-week ban should be upheld. as you pointed out, abou...

Means that you are going to get more and more of these individuals who are more ideologically extreme. justice sotomayors comments on wednesday about the stench, the fact that this is going to be viewed by the public as nakedly political, i think that was directed at the chief justice. she was trying to get him onside to stay on these two precedents, roe and casey, and i think he found immediately that she would find no quarter there. the chief justice did not seem interest in upholding those tw...

Republican appointed supreme court justices have supported roe vs. wade over decades and what it will mean if the current republican supreme court justices decide to overturn it. >> the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body has been clearly set since casey and never challenged. you want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. 15 justices over 50 years have -- or i should say 30 since casey -- have reaffirmed that basic viability line. four have ...

Part of his dna as he doesnt like a big, bold, dramatic moves, hes always looking to make small, incremental decisions but i think he is of the view that roe and casey were wrongly decided to. he is probably squarely in that camp. he is going to have a difficult job. once you get rid of the viability line, everybody who stood at that podium and argued admitted there is no alternative. every single one of them said is there a line you can draw other than viability and they all threw up their hand...

Today, there was a narrative that went, this isnt really a 6-3 court, its a 3-3 court that amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh and the chief justice are incrementalists, they care about what people think, they worry about those legitimate questions you and nancy were just talking about, but theyre going to tap the breaks, not do anything crazy. there was no reason to believe other than the chief justice, who was trying to figure out a middle way not to overturn roe, maybe we could move the via...

Choose, the right to control her own body, the has been clearly set for us since casey and never challenged. you want us to reject that line of viability and adopt something different. 15 justices over 50 years have -- or should i say 30 since casey have reaffirmed that basic viability line for have said no, two of the members of the score. he four have said no, two of the members of the score, but 15 justices have said yes, a varying political backgrounds. now the sponsors of this bill, the hou...