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world. im fareed zakaria. today on the program -- from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. ill talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate changes rising seas and weather. >> two degrees is a death sentence. >> and the president of kenya on why ma...

its the harshest sentence handed down for involvement in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the leader of the oath keepers just told hell serve 18 years in prison, and the judge didnt mince words. there is one week to go until the nation potentially defaults on its debt, and still no deal. lawmakers are huddling in the capitol, trying to hammer out a last-minute agreement. no, thats not what is happening. most of them are headed home for a long holiday weekend. and not before add...

Build grassroots support is the democratic process in action. but we have seen massive spending tilts the field and so congress placed restrictions on major campaign contributions since back in the days of teddy roosevelt. campaign finance regulations kept expanding until 1976 when in a watershed decision, the supreme court reversed the tide with buckley v. vallejo. the court struck down limits on how much a candidate could spend because under the first amendment, it argued, the spending was in ...

Justification in a case like this beyond the fact you think the case is wrong. >> the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesnt change, does it, from the point before viability to the point after viability? >> to re-examine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. this court should be scrupulously neutral on the question of abortion, neither pro-choice nor pro-life. >> of course, conservative majority appear ready to uphold mississippis ...

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At one point quoting directly from the casey decision justice breyer seemed to be speaking directly to his colleagues. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? >> to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. >> just breyer started with stare decisis, an important princ...

Reaso reason, to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. >> reporter: all sides seem to be bracing for seismic change. >> almost 50 years of the slaughter of innocent babies is too much. were done. >> i am just full of angst that we could take this huge step backwards. >> reporter: the justices questioning points of the strong possibility that abortion rights will be rolled back by this court, and the impact could be immediate. if the court...

Just political acts? >> reporter: the three liberal justices railed against the possibility that conservatives could rule against roe, saying it would call the courts legitimacy into question. >> to overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason, to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. >> reporter: all sides seem to be bracing for seismic change. >> almost 50 years of the slaughter of innocent babies is too much. were d...

Lawrence. but in thinking about that which is the core of this case, how should we be thinking about it? justice breyer pointed out that in casey and in some respects it was a different conception of that concept insofar as it explicitly took into account public reaction. is that a factor that you accept or are you arguing that we should minimize that factor and is there a different set of rules that is true that casey identified brown and west coast hotel as watershed decisions? but is there a ...

Reason to re-examine a watershed decision would subvert the courts legitimacy beyond any serious question. and the last sentence after they quote potter stewart on the same point, they say overruling unnecessarily and under pressure would lead to condemnation, the courts loss of confidence in the judiciary, the ability of the court to exercise the judicial power and to function as the supreme court of a nation dedicated to the rule of law. now, that is the opinion of the court, all right? and it...