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Abortion returns part of a blockbuster term that could result in a gusting of roe v. wade. and the case is in kentucky. and an appeals court has already ruled had it is unconstitutional. both of these cases could provide tea leaves on how the court will ultimately rule on what has been the law of the land since 1973. joining us as we start the hour, pete williams and nyu law professor melissa murray. and also wendy murphy is back with us. she is a former state prosecutor and new england law boston professor. so pete, let's start with the case before the court today, the kentucky case. and your...

Let's talk about public pp opin when it comes to the number one issue they'll be dealing with on the court this term, which is abortion. cnn did a poll of polls. fewer than one-third of americans want to see roe v. wade overturned. that is according to, again, the poll of polls. jackie, ariane said something important, that this is clarence thomas' term. for 30 years, the seeds that conservatives planted are now bearing fruit. that is true on all of these issues. the most important is abortion, which is why the mississippi case is even an issue. they intentionally put it through the courts to ...

But abortion and abortion rights certainly is. i think you're going to see more and more, particularly as we watch this play out, democrats start talking about that in their home states and in these marginal races. >> eva, one of the reasons politicians do actually talk about things is old-fashioned grassroots energy. we saw that over the weekend. we saw women marches all over the country. women on this specific issue. they chose this weekend because of the term at the supreme court starting today. how much politically will, not just democrats, but even some -- the few moderate republicans lef...

He called in. justice barrett was there for the first time in her own seat. justice sotomayor was there, the only one wearing a mask. she has a pre-existing condition so she is very careful with her diabetes. the backdrop of this term is unbelievable. we have never seen the public confidence at an all time low, and the country is still reeling in so many ways from that texas abortion order that basically allotted that texas law to go into effect, making roe v. wade a dead letter in the second biggest state. so now we're looking at this new term, like you said, we've got this religious liberty ...

Weren't political enemies. this is judicial philosophy. i understand they're making that argument, out of concern for the legacy for themselves and the court. but that is a hard argument to make when, particularly for the most marginalized groups in this country, there is a real impact on the decisions that they make. they don't just view it as a judicial philosophy but as a matter of life and death for many of these issues that they will be ruling on this term. >> yeah. and i think, too, what this law in texas has done, and then subsequently this debate in the supreme court, is it's forced re...