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Ginsburg. but this is all ceremonial. her impact is already being felt on the court. she was part of the majority that refused to block the texas abortion law when it came on its emergency docket. and later this morning, that very law is in court again. when a federal judge in texas will take up the justice department's request to block its enforcement. now as a reminder, the law bans abortions as early as six weeks, no exceptions for rape or incest. it's considered the harshest abortion law in the country and a road map for republican governors looking to block abortion in their states. all o...

Drama with the high court these days. >> it is. samuel alito gave a fiery speech complaining how some internal processes were being interpreted. when they stopped -- they refused to intervene in the texas abortion law, let that take effect which stopped abortion rights in texas september 1st. and he was defending the midnight order they put out and the processes that occur on their emergency docket. in a broader picture, brianna, he was the fifth of the nine justices to complain about public expectations, media coverage, and frankly fellow justices in just recent weeks. and it really underline...

Century and the former president of planned parenthood joyce vants. let's talk about the lawsuit and the hearing to exam the, quote, what they consider advocates, abuses of the shadow docket by the supreme court was recently in the texas case. but congress really can't change that procedure, right, what the court does? >> it can't change it directly, andrea. but it can shine a light on it. here i think what this hearing reveals is the connectivity between the shadow docket, which republicans were very desperate this morning to recharacterize as an emergency docket. they were concerned about th...

Law a scheme. this is what it said in the court papers last night. there can be no dispute ssb-8 i banning abortions before fetal viability. they are laying out harms on the ground. out of state clinics are getting panic calls. women who have the means to travel are worried about traveling because of covid. now everything can move quickly here. there is a scenario where it could go, again, to that appeals court, again to the supreme court on its emergency docket, and the supreme court did allow this law to go into effect, but that was a different challenge that was brought by the clinics. this...

Concern. >> justice roberts, his dissent, not far off saying this is a scheme to get around. big picture, though, this would be temporary if it's issued. on the larger question as to whether laws like this violate roe v. wade, violate precedent, where, when and how will that be decided? >> in the short term right now, things could move quickly depending on what this district court judge does. the district court could enter some kind of temporary restraining order. texas, then, would likely zoom right to that federal appeals court that's conservative. then it might end up on the emergency docke...