CSPAN Washington Journal Elie Mystal July 7, 2024
the supreme court could have upheld a mississippi law without cutting roe v. wade. in fact, before ruth bader ginsburg died, that is all mississippi was asking to do. but once she was replaced by amy coney barrett, once conservatives understood they had conservative control over the supreme court, they switch their arguments to asking the supreme court to completely destroy roe v. wade and planned parenthood, which is exactly what sam alito and five conservatives were willing to do. the way this decision came down did not have to be like this. they didn't have to overrule roe v. wade...