joining me is former texas state senator, wendy davis. have you back so soon again, wendy. you just heard two of the court's conservative justices, they were expressing doubts about the constitutionality of the texas law. chief justice john roberts also expressed some concerns, so how about you? what was your takeaway from what they were saying and is the texas law now on shaky ground? >> i think it's definitely on shaky ground, alex, and certainly we were feeling a lot more hopeful after the hearing on monday than we were prior to the hearing, but i think it needs to be understood that these justices are bringing forward concerns about the constitutionality of this law, not through a concern for abortion but because if states are allowed to override constitutional precedence by simply putting enforcement authority in the hands of private citizens as texas did here, this could extend to overreaching and overriding other constitutional protections, second and first amendment as well. >> yeah, and to that point, let's take a listen to brett

and former senator wendy davis. you listened to the oral arguments.ou make of what happened today? >> i took away from it a glimmer of hope. i think a lot of people in texas are feeling that way today. it appears as though, based on the questions asked by some of the conservative justices, they may allow federal court review of what texas has done. and kick this back to the district court -- the federal district court where -- case was originally filed. and we hope that by doing so, um, that court will be given the opportunity to declare this law violative of the constitutional principles that, of course, it does seek to violate. >> jeff, i mean, obviously, there is a lot of focus justices barrett and kavanaugh as potential swing votes on this. what did you learn today? >> well, what was interesting was that justice kavanaugh, in particular, did not seem interested in abortion as much as he seemed interested in protecting the right to bear arms. let me explain what i mean. is that this law, as you mentioned, allows citizens anywhere -- anywhere in the

now, it's something that texas state senator wendy davis acknowledged.sed it. >> so many of these laws are written by men. they'll never suffer the con questions of their own actions and women confront very sad realities. they deserve to be voted out. >> davis, one of the lawmakers fighting who tried to change this from the inside and clearly outnumbered. this is broader than a philosophical discussion about when one defines life. this is right now about breaking constitutional supreme court precedent, despite people saying we live under the rule of law. it's about using powers to attack women's rights and choices. and a powerful group, basically passing laws against another group, working against what is about half the population of the country. i mentioned rachel briefly earlier in the program. here is a little more of what rachel maddow said about tomorrow's court case. >> we know what the purpose of this case is and we know why republicans picked the particular justices they picked to be on the supreme court. so it is, frankly, a matter now of prepar

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eight years ago wendy davis conducted an 11-hour filibuster that briefly stopped an anti-abortion lawesistance builds public awareness and support. those voting for abortion restrictions should pay a political price for doing so. it seems so i be to me understanding how politically deadly extreme views on abortion really are. but none of this is really happening. i'm not sure about the virginia race, but i haven't seen abortion rise to the candidate level in virginia or new jersey. why is that? >> if that's a question for me, i just want to say the center for reproductive rights doesn't engage in electoral politics. >> but just, should we be talking about it more? should it be part of the public conversation? should it be part of news coverage in local states regardless of whether they have democratic or republican officials? should it be part of the public discourse? >> absolutely yes. and i actually believe it really is changing. and we are in a different policy environment, and there is therefore a different kind of political social environment than they were, you know, even five y

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