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Then, that reflects directly on the court itself. >> that's absolutely right. so let's remember when the 150 justices who served on the united states supreme court, not one has been indigenous. not one has been asian, not one has been a black woman ever in its history. only five has been woman, period. and over 230 years. and we have an institution where right now, one last blast of segregation would live on. but what we saw on the senate was not only an attack on her, but an attack on the constitution itself, and then attack on the rule of law. the questions about what is a woman, a temperatu...

Institution that americans are question inning. and i guess by the situation, talk about the supreme court, but you can also say this about the u.s. senate and congress. this all further undermines, it's not just that they're undermining her. it's that she will most likely be confirmed to the court, and then, that reflects directly on the court itself. >> that's absolutely right. so let's remember when the 150 justices who served on the united states supreme court, not one has been indigenous. not one has been asian, not one has been a black woman ever in its history. only five has been woman,...

Justices have been circled through over the past 50 years, this entire time reaffirming the constitutional right to get an abortion. justice sotomayor also talked about the fact that there are other rights that the court has recognized that haven't been specifically mentioned in the constitution itself, equating that with the fact that abortion rights have not also been mentioned in the constitution, but the solicitor general saying that's a reason that they shouldn't be recognized. so the liberal justices speaking at length at the same time that conservatives here seem to be trying to gappal ...

Abortion ban is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. texas just responding this afternoon to the justice department's request to put that law on hold while courts figure out whether it is legal or not. pete williams is joining us. and among other things the state says abortion is not a constitutional right but is, quote, court invented right. >> right, texas takes the position in this filing, they say that the states are bound by the text of the constitution but they don't have to follow supreme court rulings about constitutional rights. let me quote from the brief here that says that ...

Our colleague glenn kirschner from this station has complained that garland should be doing more. it does look like he could be more front and center, protecting democracy in this moment. and absolutely these subpoenas have to be enforced, either criminally, civilly would take too long. jamie raskin has said publicly he hasn't ruled out the age-old notion of calling the sergeant at arms and having the congress itself enforce their subpoenas. this has to happen or the constitution itself becomes just a scrap of paper. donald trump mentioned the last round that if he won, he might not give up po...