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The judiciary will be that independent unbiased check. joining us senator mazie hirono of hawaii. matt dowd is still here. you have had a busy week. tell me about this hearing. >> it was to shine a light on the weaponization of the shadow docket by this supreme court, the majority conservative supreme court that's using the shadow docket to basically push their ideaio logical agenda as exemplified by what they do in allowing the texas six-week abortion ban to take affect. >> senator, can you explain to people who maybe doesn't understand exactly how it works or why something this consequential...
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...
Vaccinated his breakthrough infection would have killed him. if one person changes their mind after hearing this, or after reading your tweets my day will be made. eugene will be sticking around a little bit longer. when we come back, an announcement from matthew dowd who says the gop has pushed his home state of texas so far to the right he is left with no alternatives. plus, the shadow docket is under scrutiny today on capitol hill. the judiciary committee calling out the high court for stripping away the constitutional rights of millions of americans in the dark of night. later in the...
Including criminal prosecution, to prevent the law from being enforced and to reduce its chilling effects. the fight to protect abortion rights in america and questions about the political potency of republicans beginning the process of overturning roe v. wade is where we start this hour. former senator claire mccaskill is here, also joining us, alexi mccammond, political reporter for axios, and matt miller is back, former chief spokesman for the justice department. lucky for us, all three msnbc contributors. claire, what do you make of the state of affairs here on this labor day? >> well, the...