the employee who hasn t taken off his name tag since that awful day. tonight, children and covid in this country, and the cdc panel now recommending tonight pfizer booster shots for children 5 to 11. pfizer now says it increases antibodies against the original omicron variant 22-fold. just as new child covid infections hit their highest point since february. the abortion battle in this country, and tonight, the oklahoma legislature passing the most restrictive abortion ban in america. banning abortion beginning at conception, with few exceptions ad sending it to the governor tonight. president biden meeting with leaders of finland and sweden at the white house today, supporting their bid to join nato, defying threats from vladimir putin. the abc news exclusive tonight. martha raddatz on board the uss maine. one obvious 14 ballistic missile submarines protecting the u.s. from potential nuclear threats. and what they kept secret there martha even while she was onboard
clarence thomas, mr. crow s old friend on the supreme court. heard about that new multimillion dollar museum being built in clarence thomas hometown? joining us now, attorney, blogger for the center for american progress. ian, thanks for your time. good to be here, thank you, rachel. you wrote today in think progress about these revelations in the times. and other things we ve learned about justice thomas and you compared him to former supreme court justice abe fortis. that is a pretty staggering blow to levy at any sitting justice. why did you make that comparison? because they have so much in common. justice fortis was disgraced and forced to resign because he was caught in a gifting scandal. that was a coalition of wealthy businessmen who gave him thousands of dollars and
this is why republicans have paid so much attention to who gets on the courts. at the end of the bush administration 10 of the 13 federal courts of appeals had republican appointed majorities. 10 of the 13. when barack obama came into office nearly 60% of all active federal judges were appointed by republican presidents. that s why the republicans in washington are doing everything they can to stop president obama s nominees. yes, it is about denying the president a victory and denying the president just something, anything that he wants. but it is also about the rick scots of the world. it is about protecting things like rick scott s little forced drug testing thing in florida. isn t it? joinings now is nan aron, president for alliance of justice. thank you for joining us tonight. happy to have you here. hi, rachel. glad to be here. thank you. when republican sponsored legislation in states gets challenged in the court, what types of courts are hearing these challenges these days?
resign. of course, the trouble with clarence thomas is this is the justice who has been most unlikely to follow pret. if you look at his interpretation of the constitution you know, rachel, in clarence thomas america, white only counters are permitted. he departs wildly from what has come before him. unfortunately i think you re going see it in how he handles this ethics scandal. how important do you think that harlon crow, the same donor and contributor and supporter and friend to justice thomas paid half million dollars to help his wife support the tea party group. how significant is that? i think fairly significant because i think that tea party group has been involved in supporting the care act. the first one opposed the affordable care act and the second one we don t know. she s now a lobbyist head of a lobbying group for the tea party. we don t know who her clients are. and that raises its own ethics scandal because if jenny thomas has accepted one dime to lobby to get the
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