>> welcome to the journal committed to real report paul incident the plastic supreme court term, and winds on the justices on thursday, unanimously rejected a bit to restrict access to medication used in nearly two thirds of all abortions in the united states, in the court's first ruling thomas is overturning roe v. wade, two years ago. the biden administration is not celebrating that nine — zero opinion is it looks to give the issue front and center in the 2024 campaign here's vice president kamala harris on thursday. >> this is not a cause for celebration, because the reality is certain things are still not going to change. we are looking at the fact that two thirds of the women of reproductive age in america, live in date with a trump abortion bad at this really is not going to change that c1 joining the middle this week, wall street journal dan heninger and crim stressful and editorial board member kyle peterson and kim, this decision was widely feared on the left as being in other dobbs killer and instead it nine — zero against the antiabortion plaintiffs and what happened. kim: will again help me as a reminder that the court actually rules on the lot and that was so incredibly clear the earth and remember, you had pro-life doctors who are raising this huge parade of possibilities about things that could happen mr. continue to be dispensed. but they failed on the all-important principle of standing one of the examples for instance they said is with more women there using this higher possibility of complications the getting of an where we pro-life doctors would have to help them even though it violates on, under conscious they've not been able to produce a single example of that ever happening or a number of the other possibilities they raised and is rick kavanagh noted, we have punches lost somebody protected. verse and so, if you cannot show that there has been a great injury, that all these hypotheticals are moved and they didn't get past that her and hurled you had nine — zero arguing that are agreeing to that i think that it showed that despite all of the flapping around about this very controversial issue, the judges are looking for the most part, at the law. paul: and dan, the cassidy into the concrete injury that is re- addressable by the courts the conservative justices and brett kavanaugh decision wrote, they did did not show that in a sum of the justices who knows i don't know what they think about abortion, but is reasonable to infer that maybe some of them are opposed and is a policy man, they were looked at that to focus on the lloyd what is it tell you about the court itself. dan: will tell us something positive certainly the conservative side of the court is been trying to emphasize the importance of reading the law correctly in the managed to convince the three liberal justice is here to agree with them, to limit this case to a question of standing on one is entitled to come before the court. anything judge kavanaugh decision here was very interesting i want to make a few points about it. he noted for instance, that if they a lot of principal like this to exist, firefighters could file a lawsuit building code is because it might hurt them police file against something crime laws record them in advance of anything happening just as kavanaugh wrote, that was seemingly not end until virtually every citizen has standing to challenge virtually every government action that they did not like what he's describing this kind of like the world we live in help people do believe that they can sue for anything. this decision is saying no, you cannot the courts pretty reason you juice have to show that you been injured by something. paul: the political intricate and indications of this kyle your the vice president animal sounds like june of impressive talking as if they almost wish they have us this case but that because it better for them politically this that how you read it. kyle: i think that's why this is something that you have seen in recent cases is a recent term where there was a case, that the explanation was the right wing supreme court might just declare obama care totally unconstitutional when is kelly of course that is not what happened and this is another example of that and some of it might be genuine in part because people like ebola harris move leave that judging is a matter of you know people in robes, who are very well trained in the law and using their best judgment to put the principles in action and what judges who are wise and philosopher kings in some sense. paul: they want him to come to their policy conclusions. kyle: exactly and so some of it might be that they think that that is how the conservative justices operate with the conservative justices really are changes to the text and the original meaning of the constitution. some of it also might be cynical because joe biden progressive was running as the supreme court did a lot of work and getting up anger in the spring court here is another opportunity thing even though it up and out of the. paul: okay kim sing of another case of this is about bump stocks which can make it rifle fire more rapidly and the court said the regulation by the federal government, the band these bump stocks was illegal because violated the clear meaning of the statute. kim: will yes and so with the ban against machine guns and there's a definition and that law about what a machine that is essentially a gun they can be restored functionality with a single function on the trigger pretty it is written in the statute and the definition is there the trump administration decided to after here's change that the court look to the clear text and said nope you cannot do it until we get a straight reading of the law see what you think it was the right decision. kim: yes, had absolutely was and samuel alito 71 fixes these effects on changed a lot sue in effect congress might have the atf had not intervened and that itself. so we'll see if they can knowing okay so still it supreme court nears the end of another contentious term and actavis infiltrates at dinner to secretly samuel alito and his wife and wouldn't we learn from this latest attack on the conservative justice. dupixent helps people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. and when you can breathe better, what isn't better? this is better. this is better. that's better. and that. even this. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. it works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. that's pretty good! dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's proven to help prevent asthma attacks. it can reduce or even eliminate oral steroids. and doesn't that make things better? dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. tell your doctor right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening 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living together certainly. but it is difficult. because there are instances on a mental thanks. >> i think that the solution really is like winning a moral argument like people in this country believing in god and that keep fighting for that to return our country to a place of godliness. >> i agree sue and this bring in james one of the editorial features editor the wall street journal any court follower james welcome and so what in that exchange, when did you hear the message and is it anything or anything wrong. james: of the message basically was, lido the public event alito was in a public event and enthusiastic for is a crazy person approach and i think we will have this expressive being approached by semi people are overzealous or crazy a public event and he was humoring her know she said with a stuff about returning the country to godliness and easily very thin the side of the sink as you say to crazy prison humor. paul: so we met the critics saying wait a minute, that they trace his belief in christian. james: the new york times is a headline, that is about alito godliness, and their tripping antique this to this word it to him which he never said a numbing that is just right back and veteran was in the washington post is a piece possessing thing interviews the court to them in a very confusing way. but you know what is really appalling here's also much this crazy woman who is quite amusing that james o'keefe approach to journalism. paul: wait a minute is she crazy she acting with malice of forethought. james: both okay james o'keefe is a conservative who does it sort of thing any strikes of conversations with people in the works for and then he hypes up they say which is usually not much in the press rightly looks on this day and so there's been a spy one in pacific some fed revelations not. paul: another thing that ever initiate and she talked to missus alito and try to get her to say things that she thought maybe could be used against the justice and what we learn from her. james: the last bogus alito story about the flags, they were flown upside down flag their home in virginia and the appeal to george washington's revolutionary like the fluid there vacation when he was telling the truth when he said martha did that i had nothing to do with it and she made that very clear and are very colorful remarks to this moment. paul: she basically confirmed the story the justice story. james: yes that there was nothing on tour their cheese a lot if i would've liked you want to she's a private citizen. paul: no indication they needed justice john roberts or justice samuel alito of any sense that they say anything that suggested their leaning was on issues in the court. james: the only thing that justice alito's that we have a defined role we need to do with who were supposed to after she was asking what can we do about this polarization he said will severally supreme court's job and robbers made similar comments, and so of them understand their role perfectly well the late jackson was also at that if it is an event and lauren winter apparel he did not talk to her. paul: does this mean that your supreme court justice or member of the justices family coming basically have to assume anywhere you go, you could be taped to be used against you. james: least of your supreme court justice by republican present nothing like that seems to happens to other justices jackson but ginsburg was known to speak out school but she did that on around. paul: it was celebrated of course. james: at the same people who are denouncing alito for say nothing. paul: salute senate democrats this week, they just pushed and used it this event to try to push their legislation through the senate ethics supreme court ethics. the public is blocked it. and what is that legislation and what that do. james: it would reporting set up a code of conduct for the supreme court, the somehow be binding on the court. and justice alito in an interview with this last year's unconstitutional the supreme court is independent british government and constitutional parchment their prerogatives any other justices have not quite said there but they have issued a joint statement calling them, think of the same direction. paul: one of the bit of known as a nuisance justice thomas allegedly took three trips on a private jet from welliver in his. and those were unreported and said to be a scandal and is it. james: no is reported by her friends broke republican and they apparently got this from our senator durbin on the committee. it was left out of this all these trips took place before 2022 in 2020 to the judicial conference which issues the guidelines for disclosure changes roles and said that travel in private just is no longer considered personal hospitality which is not disposable but a gift which is so justice thomas has complied with the disclosure rules and i was left out liberal public reports. a completely unethical omission c1 will thank you james 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contempt of congress refusing to turn over audiotapes president biden's interview special counsel robert her and condemned what he called unfounded attacks on the department justice morning that they are dangerous and were back with dan heninger and kim and kyle petersons i'll just on the winners of the fight here, was this contempt to citation. >> i think that it was with thank you so a couple things to keep in mind and when you stop the republicans want to stay transcript special counsel the audio special counsel ben hur interview with president biden's already been released. kyle: it is hard to see who there's sort of a real executive privilege social the audio and in particular because the justice department has acknowledged that the transcript the remote if the consumer credit worse in particular given that robert hur's reason for not charging president biden recommending charges, the city that the biden was an elderly man who present himself to the jury and so link is a real legitimate question here. limit have faithfully the transcript it reflects what happened in the audio. paul: emily once you turn it over you fix it issued executive privilege on the other think that lots clear that what about the response by the white house counsel's office who said we don't really need the audiotape in all this is his fishing you want to put it into the universe the present and president. kyle: will base it printed the basics was robert hur's decision is kyle's adjusted. >> blissful could get, that's exact words, she was not going prosecute because mr. biden is clearly sympathetic warming elderly man the poor memory and who just happens to be the president of the united states it was a had agreed to release the transcript i don't think it really had reason to claim executive privilege and you cannot just have a little bit of executive privilege wednesday release the transcript the audio was game think of annette the monumental nature of robert hur's decision house in congress was entitled to hear it too much campus from the donald trips in terms trip to capitol hill and the senate some of the great critics and capitol hill shut up mitch mcconnell the minority leader and pretty much everybody who could be there was there. when is the message the trump was delivering with the tell you about the chances of unified republican party going into this election. kim: well i think that is the word paul, it is unity donald trump has been showing some signs that he understands that he needs to try to get everybody in the party back behind him is partly about that and a lot of the present look at everybody bending at the naval i know the press about this republican party to remain disunited with his of the present into trying to get everybody the same page of every somewhat raucous primary and a lot of divisions for the other thing that really struck me paul, is help donald trump is time is looking ahead to actually govern and there were a lot of substantive discussions when he was there until about how the mightiest for instance, budget reconciliation, to do open another tax cuts this is very very different for me years ago when he was still introducing himself to the party and he has his connections already trying to make a plan in case he listened and how should get victory this fall. paul: and kyle, the elisa coming fast and furious about who donald trump is considering for vice president and i don't know how much credit them with probably some doug berg, governor north dakota is one in calypso editors jd vance and marco rubio and tim scott as well although oddly, they're criticizing scott is not the right choice. when you make of this list as of the criticism on scott which strikes me as unfortunate. >> so might be criticism of the motivated by pretty. paul: another of those choices. kyle: and i think overall this is pretty reasonable and as we choices on their and my also people are putting the list to ensure that it includes a broad spectrum of the republican party including some mega associated candidates like senator jd vance of ohio and have a hard time seeing how that helps trump picking jd vance i think that he still need to worry the swing voters in summary like tim scott or doug berg on appeal to moderate suburbanites and suburban moms makes more sense to me as a political matter because i know that trump was up in the polls but were so long way to go until november could still tighten. paul: to notable names for this list the nikki haley when he gets trump in glen young and the governor of virginia donald trump did eat with you this week, briefly why aren't they on. dan: i think that is just because donald trump is a mention that but you know what look he is a shaman in this the minaret the apprentice and he's going to build up and ignore milk from until he makes the announcement at the convention. paul: when we come back till very jury convicts hunter biden on felony gun charges as that person finally 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