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he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country's history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said ...

ironic it is that your -- the justice says when they're nominate and they're going through the confirmation process, they say we don't like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was -- like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. >> that's a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. >> exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to ...

Especially dobbs. basically we're seeing a court world back the protections that make it possible, indeed facilitate the process of a multiracial, multi ethnic democracy. education, reproductive rights, financial security, all of these things that we need in order to be in a democracy that is inclusive and includes everyone. and that seems to be the thing the court is railing against. and to be very clear we had a bar burner of a term last year. and particularly the rhythms of the supreme court are such that -- >> won? what >> we had a big, when you take a breather. but we had -- this year. it...

Melissa, i'll start with. you just kind of the big picture takeaway of what we saw unfold today. people on the surface may think of these cases being very different on the issues that they tackle even though they are hypothetical as we said, with chris there. but there is a connective tissue between all of them, as i was sort of outlined there. do you see that as well, that there is a common theme between all of these cases? a common th>> i think is a come before tween the cases beside the storm and last term especially dobbs. basically we're seeing a court world back the protections that make...