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Gerrymandering across the country the next time they get the chance this. case is about north carolina. but if the conservative justices rule in favor of the republicans it could have an outsized impact because republicans control both houses of state legislatures. in 30 states. what is the future of this conservative court look like? what can we expect next term? i've got the person to ask. joining us is the senior editor and legal correspondent for slate.com. dalia, good to see you. thanks for making time for us tonight. what was your reaction when you learned that the court would be taking ...

Ruling. then it was arkansas. abortions in arkansas are illegal. the department of health sent the planned parenthood letter today, purposely performing or attempting to perform in abortion is a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison. and that's arkansas. -- as states abortion trigger law takes effect. and now, actually, just in the last hour, abortion banned in utah, now that roe v. wade is overturned. this is not a drill. this is happening, this is today. joining us now is dahlia lithwick, senior editor and correspondent for slate.com. juliette, thank you for being here, appreciated....

Quite the week. the house committee investigating the attack on the capitol laid out how then president donald trump strong-arm the justice department to try to get them to overturn the 2020 election. we also learned about republican lawmakers who sought pardons from the former president. and of course, there is the landmark supreme court ruling on abortion. let's bring in our panel. joining me now is dahlia, she's the editor and correspondent for slate.com. charles is also with us. he's a former new york prosecutor. and reena is with us, a former republican strategist, and founder -- of delia...

Woman has no choice in the matter. second i don't think it would be a neutral position. the constitution guarantees liberty. women have an equal right to liberty under the constitution, your honor, and if they're not able to make this decision, if states can take control of women's bodies and force them to endure months of pregnancy and child birth, then they will never have equal status under the constitution. >> if states can take control of women's bodies and force them to endure months of pregnancy and force them to endure child birth against their will, then they will never have equal sta...

So, i think for me, the artifice of, we're being neutral, we're being reasoned, this is just a tiny little tweak around the margins, nothing earth-shaking happening here. not to worry about other precedents when we are gunning for roe, just roe, that's the artifice that really rankled today for me, the sort of pretense that this is a big nothing burger and everybody's worked up. >> senior editor at slate.com, dahlia, as always, thank you for your clarity. we got much more ahead here tonight. ur clarity we got much more ahead here tonight. g the love with those who need it most. now subaru is t...