and whoho are the people you expected to die of kavanaugh was confirmed? broad and brazenn. accusation why don't you bring some clarity to that. >> thank you for the question, senator. i agree those statements were overheated rhetoric and as i stated before if by signing the letter i created the impressionim that i failed to respect that authority then i apologize. >> you created that perception and many times people believe that is reality so you have established that as your thought process that you as a person in your personal capacity not in your professional capacity and in your heart of hearts to say here is someone who was unacceptable he is a threat that you have not defined as an someone who he himself will cause people to die. if youo don't want to bring clarity to that for me then by signing that letter, have you proven yourself to be unacceptable as a nominee for a federal judgeship? >> thank you for the question senator i think the best evidence of the best type of judge i would be is my track record of the natural adjudicator as a natural adj

do you believe that brett brett kavanaugh is a morally bankrupt person? >> senator, as -- >> sitting here today under oath. >> sitting here today under oath i i can assure you that i respect completely the authority of justice kavanaugh as a newly confirmed supreme court justice of the united states. >> yes, ma'am, but you believe he is morally bankrupt? >> senator, as i stated i respect his authority and the authority of every supreme court justice sitting on -- >> but he believed he is morally bankrupt? >> my personal opinion is not for me, it's not appropriate for me to say. i respect his authority as a supreme court -- >> so you do think he is morally bankrupt? >> i did that say that. >> but you signed a letter saying he was morally bankrupt. >> seven years ago as an alum addressing my law school alma mater i did sign a that a belief was addressed only to my law school administration. >> you didn't think it would be public? >> i did not understand that it would be used as a public advocacy piece, no. i believe it was only addressed to my law school. >

and kavanaugh knew that audience. his relationship with leo, leonard leo, his hustling of federalist society events, his insider knowledge of the republican selection process and the big donors, and his ardent display of his w wares in all te ways big donors would want was a winning combination. so leonard leo hand walked him around the trump federalist society list and straight to the top of the judicial selection pile, and no one with a hand in the trump-koch deal that spawned the federalist society list voiced an objection. kavanaugh had auditioned his way around the list and the scheme could not have been happier with the outcome. all of that behavior is telling. there's a scheme. and kavanaugh knew how to play it. now that the scheme had its man, they would fight for him. they did not know how hard the fight would be until dr. christine blazey ford came forward with a tale of youthful sexual assault by kavanaugh and a drunken buddy. but even before that, there were telltales of the pressure to get kavanaugh on to

so trump nominated gorsuch and then brett kavanaugh. and while they promised to respect the esteem of roe v. wade, something way too many politicians were assured by and we'll have more on that later, everyone should have seen them and amy barrett comey coming. she referred to abortion as always immoral and said in 2013 life begins at conception. here we are with the rights of women in texas snatched away overnight and the looming threat of roe v. wade being overturned next year by the very same justices. what is even scarier than that is the blueprint the court gave to any other state that wants to do the exact same thing. the majority opinion written by five justices says that the abortion providers didn't have the correct argument. quote, their application presents complex and novel proceeding questions on which they have not carried their burden. so if you write a law that follows certain technicalities you can overreturn roe. on cue florida said, hold my beer, announcing that they will consider a bill like the one in texas and they

and if by signing the letter, i created the impression that i would fail to respect justice kavanaugh a supreme court justice or any authority then i sincerely apologize but i can commit to you today if confirmed throughout my career i would respect all of the courts president without reservation. >> when theyac presented that letter to you did you have a thought to say we can say we disagree that is find that is civilized discourse but to call him morally bankrupt? >> i appreciate the question, senator, as i stated before, i simply signed the letter. understood the statements were rhetorical. when i signed it i believe the only intended audience was my law schoolat administration and that they would understand those to be rhetorical. but i do apologize if by signing the letter i created the impression it would be anything but impartial and respectful of the courts authority. >> another statement is that people will die if he is confirmed. ". has anyone died as a direct result of brett kavanaugh being confirmed to the supreme court. >> thank you for the question, senator. as a stead o

like roe to be overturned it would have to be deeply inconsistent. >> well, justice kavanaugh was partthe majority that didn't fight to honor that precedent. senator susan collins calls the texas law extreme and harmful and in a statement says that she opposes the court's decision to allow the law to remain in effect for now while these underlying constitutional and procedural questions are litigated. the keywords here, "for now." for now, it is indeed the law in texas. and could quickly become the law in many other states. let's hope the decisions of the lone star state do not become our judicial north star. congressman jamie raskin is here. what's he think democrats' priority should be when all this is going on? i'll ask him, right after this. in the romo household we take things to the max oh yeah! honey, you still in bed? yep! bye! that's why we love skechers max cushioning footwear. they've maxed out the cushion for extreme comfort. it's like walking on clouds! big, comfy ones! oh yeah! (announcer) carvana's had a lot of firsts. 100% online car buying. car vending machines. and no

on the bench. >> i do not believe that brett kavanaugh will overturn -- >> precedents are overturned- >> he says for a precedent, a long established precedent like roe to be overturned, it would have to have been grievously wrong and deeply inconsistent. >> well, justice kavanaugh was part of the majority that didn't fight to honor that precedent. senator susan collins calls the texas law extreme and harmful, and in a statement says that she opposes the court's decision to allow the law to remain in effect for now while these underlying constitutional and procedural questions are litigated. the key words here, "for now." for now, it is indeed the law in texas and could quickly become the law in many other states. but let's hope the decisions of the lone star state do not become our judicial north star. congressman jamie raskin is here. what's he think democrats' priorities should be when all this is going on? i'll ask him right after this. finish quantum, nh you save up to 20 gallons of water each time. finish quantum with activblu technology has the power to remove the toughest stai

but in fact kavanaugh turns out to be exactly who we thought he was.ut i have to double down on the point that my friend on the right was making here. and that is that i think republicans have perhaps awoken the sleeping giant. and i say that because he's right. this has been a primary voting issue for republicans. but voters in the middle of the electorate, especially women voters, it has not been a energizing voting issue for them. i tell you this, the moment that white women, college educated white women in the suburbs, who have been helping republicans hold on to congress and the senate over the years -- the moment that they think that they are right to choice is going to be taken away from them by the republicans, i think they do animate these voters and they do awaken a sleeping giant. and they are doing something that democrats have not been able to do, to make women more of a single issue voting bloc around choice, which can very much change the dynamics of the midterms. but also down battle it as well. if democrats can connect the dots to this

then the nomination of brett kavanaugh, and then to top it off -- of amy coney barrett. you may remember the infamous covid superspreader event at the white house marking her nomination just days after ruth bader ginsburg's death, before she was even buried. now, there are a lot of motivations for this, obsession the, key one the one that really mobilizes, much of what was organized was to get rid of abortion, and when you just confront them, when you say the obvious thing, i know what you believe in, they just fly. abortion rights, no, nothing to see here. >> i think the likelihood of roe v. wade being overturned is very in minimal, i don't see that happening. >> this is not a referendum on roe v. wade. >> i do not believe that brett kavanaugh will overturn. >> i would never produce how judge amy coney barrett would rule on the supreme court of the united states. >> the point is that the president also is opposed to roe v. wade, that is on the ballot as well. >> you don't know it's on the ballot? why is it on the ballot? >> because you say -- >> it's not on the ballot?

he appointed gorsuch and amy coney barrett and kavanaugh. now, we'll see if that promise will come true the court probably in december will hear oral argument in dobbs vs. jackson women's health chas challenge to the constitutionality of a mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. so under planned parenthood vs. casey and roe vs. wade, a woman has the constitutional right to abortion up until the fetus becomes viable up until 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit struck down the law said it was unconstitutional under r o e and casey. the state dime the supreme court asking the supreme court to weigh in the supreme court -- told supreme court in its petition for review, you don't have to rule on reo and casey and whether or not they should be overruled. you just need to weigh in on the constitutionality of this law this supreme court agreed to take it up after relisting the case something like 15 times and will now hear argument in all likelihood in december. meanwhi

amy kconey barrett, she believe roe versus wade was settled law. >> i do not believe that breath kavanaughecedents overturned. >> he noted that roe had been reaffirmed 19 years later by planned parenthood versus casey and that it was precedent on precedent. he said it should be extremely rare that it be overturned. and it should be an example -- >> so you have obviously full confidence? >> i do. >> well, so much for that. >> yeah. >> so much for that. you know, i think a lot of people -- >> kaitlan, the whole point it has been precedented. susan collins and the dissenting justices last night said look at where our country has been for nearly 50 years to in just after 72 hours of thought essentially as justice kagan said to effectively reverse it is a major development. >> jeffrey, go ahead. >> well, no. it just -- i don't know if susan collins was deluting herself or being dill luted or simply lying or was lied to by brett k kavanaugh. i think everyone knew or most people knew at the time what she was saying was not likely to be vindicated and it now has been proven to be false. but, you k

with justice gorsuch, amy coney barrett and justice kavanaugh.terior nowthere are now fi solid votes on the supreme court to overturn abortion rights and clarence thomas is leading the charge and he's going to be the one assigning the opinion when the mississippi case comes up later this year. >> the fact that the majority of the court conceded in their opinion that abortion providers raise, quote unquote, serious constitutional questions about the law and those same justices said their order was not based on whether the law is constitutional, does it give you any reason to think their minds are not already made up if and when they have to rule on the merits? >> you know, the only question to me is whether they give roe a decent burial and overturn it or they create some are fiction where they uphold the texas law, which they are clearly committed to doing, but somehow say that roe is still good law. i don't see how that's possible. i mean, a six-week law is a -- is a ban on abortion rights. you know, lawyers are lawyers. they can make up distinc

on the supreme court and gave us assurances that what is happening would not happen, but in fact, kavanaugh thought that he was. but sort of double down on the point that my friend on the right was making that republicans perhaps have awoken a sleeping giant, and i say that because he is right, this is a primary voting issue for republicans, but voters in the mid of the electorate and women voter, it is not an energizing voting issue for them. i tell you that the moment that white women, college educated women in the suburbs who have been helping the republicans hold on to congress and the senate for years and the moment they think that they are right to choice is going to be taken away from them by republicans, i think they do animate these voter and awaken a sleeping giant, and they are doing something that democrats have not been able to do and that is to make women more of a single-issue voting bloc around choice which can very much change the dynamics of the mid-terms, but also down ballot as well. if democrats can connect the dots to this overwhelmingly unpopular piece of legislation

brett kavanaugh tried to overturn roe, he wouldn't even try to undermine it, which is exactly what hisdid. >> there has also been considerable focus on the future of abortion rights based on the concern that judge kavanaugh would seek to overturn roe v. wade. protecting this right is important to me. in short, his views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do by self that one has committed not to do overtly. >> now, agree or disagree on abortion or roe v. wade, this appears to be exactly what the majority did overnight. perspective now from cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, what is that 5-4 split among the justices tell you about the fate of not just this texas law should it ever wind up at the court again but also roe v. wade, itself? >> well, it tells you that clarence thomas is really in charge of this court now. you know, the supreme court works by seniority. and the chief justice is always senior, even if there is a longer-tenured justice in the minority. but he is now in the minority on abortion rights. and the senior-most justice in the majority was clar

wade >> i do not believe that brett kavanaugh will overturn roe v.> 'cause precedents are overturned all the time. >> they aren't overturned all the time >> more than - >> and listen to the standards that he put forth -- >> yeah. >> -- in his conversation with me, and also in the hearing. he says for precedent, a long established precedent, like roe, to be overturned, it would have to have been grievously wrong and deeply inconsistent. he noted that roe had been reaffirmed 19 years later by planned parenthood versus casey, and that it was precedent on precedent. he said it should be extremely rare that it be overturned, and it should be an example. >> so, you have obviously full confidence >> i do. >> seth: if you ever see susan collins on your tv telling you it's going to be 80 degrees and sunny out, grab that umbrella and among the many horrifying and heinous aspects of this bill is the fact that the texas lawmakers behind it can't even defend its abject cruelty without making it clear they don't know what the hell they're talking about. for exampl

lucy kavanaugh has more. >> reporter: one of the country's bluest states stands out as a rare sea of city of bakersfield is on the other side of the spectrum politically. >> newsome out. >> reporter: where you'll find america's last lunch counter. serving up burgers, shakes, and a side of nostalgia. >> california was once a nice place. the governor says a lot of things but he does all bad things. >> reporter: when it comes to the governor gavin newsome, some of the diners here had their fill. >> there's not a change, my wife and i are out of here. >> reporter: really? >> we're leaving the state. >> reporter: many republicans here think their voices aren't heard. >> i don't think so. >> no, not really. >> reporter: to some degree, they're right. >> thank you, california. >> reporter: in 2018, just 41% of kern county voters wednent f newsome. >> he won the state by a landslide. >> now republicans are hoping to flip the governor's office. sometimes i wonder if it's worth voting. okay is it really going to matter in california? it's always going to be democrats. >> reporter: at the kern

in her testimony before the committee during the confirmation of now supreme court justice brett kavanaught did you think watching her? >> well, what i thought was, you know, the second part of what i wanted to discuss which is that the process hadn't changed. that the process hadn't changed in any appreciable way, that the process -- that there was still between 1991 and 2018 there still hadn't been put into place a complaint process so that christine blasey ford could submit her complaint about justice kavanaugh's behavior, that it could be fully investigated, and that there could be a fair and open hearing for her to be heard and for there to be a reasonable response to the allegations. and we, as far as i know, there still is no process in place. and that's really the problem in many instances. we talk about the behavior and we talk about the cultural aspects of gender violence and what perpetuates it. but what is also troubling is the fact that we put people who have complaints into processes that are not meant to help them. and we have examples of this that, you know, we have been --

kavanaugh denied it.clarence thomas sexually harassed her when they worked together. then-senator joe biden chaired that hearing. since thin, anita hill has continued teaching law and policy and women's issues. she has a new book called "our 30 year history to end gender violence." one of the themes is something then-republican senator arlen specter said to you when you testified that clarence thomas routinely talked about porno graphic films in front of you, recounting graphic details about women's body parts. here's what senator specter said back then. take a listen. >> you testified this morning in response to senator biden that the most embarrassing question involved -- this is not too bad -- women's large breasts. that's a word we use all the time. >> that phrase, this is not too bad. you write it's something women almost always hear. it's not too bad. of course, that is unless it happens to you. >> right. and the danger in that and really the harm in that is that basically what we're doing is groomi

fierce opposition to justices the brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett were swept aside.ipping away at abortion rights for decades, but a ground swell seemed to be building again. in direct response to the texas ban, another large scale protest set forth next saturday. this time it's called the rally for abortion justice. now, this new law is deplorable and should be fought tooth and nail, but we also may see it as ushering in a new wave of warriors in the front lines of this fight. joining me to disjust, jennifer who has a new book out, the author of the new book "resistance." welcome to both of you. good morning to both of you. jennifer, let's start there because your thesis of the entire book is that women saved democracy from donald trump, but we haven't really seen democracy saved from the impulses of the democracy of donald trump and of the worst impulses of republicans in this country. i say that only because there are moderate impulses in this country that have a lot of space in the dialogue of where we go right now, but mostly we're seeing the most impulses right

. >> kavanaugh, you should resign right now. right now. >> you are a coward.oward. >> lawrence: so you are clear what's happening. they have surrounded the home of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and are shouting something like women and girls are not the only people who can get pregnant and need abortions. they have supporters comparing pro-life politician to the taliban because it is islamophobic. we will bring you any updates throughout the hour. i think it's important for you guys to see this. this is what democrats do when they don't get their way. they are trying to pressure the court according to should not be put into politics they are trying to patrol car the court. get rid of the court and tell justices to resign. this is what is happening right now. democrats are getting nervous and it shows. gavin newsom recall election is just a day away. the left wing media is doing their best to smear republican opponent larry elder. the "l.a. times" already called elder the black face of white supremacy that wasn't enough. columnist jean went on cnn this

that's what she said out loud when dana bash questioned her during the confirmation hearings of brett kavanaughieve that brett kavanaugh will overturn. >> he said for a precedent -- a long established precedent like roe to long overdue it would have to be grievously wrong and deeply inconsistent. >> so se, as reported, "roe v. wade" is a dead letter in the state of texas so how koss susan gets that. it could be be -- the mechanism which which the courts could allow that non-chaotic rumg to go forward. these are nine straight people and you would think they would hand texas and texas women a bit more of, you know, stability and a road map going forward, but there are all kinds of problems with this law. i say that as a pro-life person. i'm with the majority of americans who believe "roe v. wade" is settled law and abortion should be legal, safe and rare, and especially this law makes essentially illegal, unsafe and impossible, and i don't think that's good for women. it also just feels really punitive, john, when you're forcing women to carry the child of their rapist or their brother or their f

look the people who did that with kavanaugh knew they shouldn't be there, too. they had to be arrested and dragged out. they were not turned into le t domestic terrorists. >> michael, what do you make of this whitewashing of -- of -- of history here? you -- you have the organizer here and you have others who are calling these people political prisoners. and i'm like, guys, i'll take you to some countries to show you what real political om prisoners look like. these guys are not political prisoners. >> well, first, let me -- allow me to echo helen and congratulate you, my friend. >> thank you, michael. >> i am so proud of you. proud of your work. and it's exciting to see it result in this opportunity. >> thank you so much. >> oh, absolutely. look. you know, helen put her finger on it. babies do what babies do. they cry. they poop. and what you witnessed in that interview was a little bit of w crying, and probably some pooping. so what do you do about that? you just let it be what it is. what else is he going to say? what else is he going to do? there is no -- the

look at the kavanaugh fought. we lost in the midterms, lost in the house. look at 2020.ominated three supreme court justices. he lost. i don't know that we can assume that republicans are going to get animated in the way that democrats are. you are seeing incredible energy among democrats coming out saying that they're upset. i don't know that this is going to be a conversation that any republicans want to have. in evidence of that, do you see any republicans talking about this right now? >> i had formers on to talk about it for a reason. >> no one is celebrating on the right. it's an uncomfortable conversation that they don't want to have. and i think democrats are eager to take advantage of that. >> one thing i want to add, if you talk to the leaders of the conservative movement in washington, including leaders who want abortion laws in this country to be more restrictive, they'll tell you two things about this texas law. the first thing they'll say is they think it's clownish, and the second thing is they think it's strategically useless to them because the biggest lo

justice kavanaugh was among the justices, all of the trump justices voted last night.n a couple of paragraphs to ban abortion after six weeks. again, rowe v. wade said a woma or pregnant person has a right to end their pregnancy before viability. last night the supreme court in a kind of dashed off, past its deadline order not even really explaining its reasoning but just kind of finding this procedural, technical excuse undermined that and made abortion illegal starting in texas at six weeks and many providers are now going to either shut their doors or offer very limited service because they cannot risk the kind of bounty hunters, vigilante justice. when justice kennedy retired, donald trump won and he promised to appoint justices who he said would automatically overturn roe v. wade, everybody knew this would be the end game. >> kaitlan, can i just add, part of what's so stunning about this, this doesn't preserve the status quo at all, right? you've seen other laws that get passed like this you get something like an injunction that tries to put a pause on it and that

chuck grassley twice, once with the hearings of anita hill and another with the hearing of brett kavanaugh. watching a committee talk about how they are going to do something when there have been critical accusers before, and there's been no sort of recourse . we know for fact that many other people wanted to come forward for both anita hill and dr. christine ford and i would really love for them to walk a mile in some of these women's shoes to know what it is like to sit in those rooms and have people doubt what you have gone through. i appreciate it. host: mary, thanks for sharing your story. brandy, pennsylvania, republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. a question here in regards to masking mandates in schools -- i'm trying to find out, maybe you can better guide me -- our governor implemented a masking mandate. we are having school meetings -- school board meetings and choices not to mask our children where there is no data proving the transmission is higher amongst the school-aged children, and that masking down without the choice is making a difference. they are saying, a lot o

they were arrested release for the 40-dollar fine and when the senate offices were stormed in the kavanaugh hearings were interrupted they were given a 35 or $50 fine and released there is a big disparity between the way they are treated in these people despite engaging in same behavior facing the same charges is not about what they did but whatit they believe and that's it makes them political prisoners. i hope that answers your questions but i also want to corrupt we are completely anti- by violence we had to protest already we condemn violence in all forms we look forward to having a safe and peaceful expression of first amendment rights at the us capital. >> what is the program tomorrow? >> america first we will start with the pledge and the prayer i willos be speaking in my cohost started a similar organization and they will narrate the event family members have been victimized to aspiring congressional candidates mike collins i will speak a little bit and sing some songs. host: what time is the rally over with the goal quick. >> we want to put a spotlight on the mistreatment of these

going back to the nomination of brett kavanaugh in 2018, he saw the republicans who voted in favor ofnd amy cey barrett, another conservative justice, republicans taking a lot of flak to -- i a lot of flak for voting to support them because of abortion. you are going to see this become a major issue. i have been on the phone for abortions rights groups who say they are going to campaign hard r democrats going into 2022 and 2024. ros: i want to be clear on the politics on the state level in texas. it is fair to say that this law is in line with what the majority of voters want? and what republicans in texas would want? >> i have not seen pulling directly out of texas. we know republicans in texas control the governor's offices, and state legislure. they are in control. however, i have not seen direct polling. that being said, nationwide, a poll came out earlier today and found that a slight majority of americans are in favor of allowing abortion to happen in all or most cases. it is unclear whether that is reflected in texas but that is the case across the country. ros: stay with me on

we will continue to watch >> hurricane ida brett kavanaugh new orleans p would one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in the u.s., it's left the region with no power, no working sewer systems, huge gas lines, and a food and water shortage. all this, as temperatures store. as a result, bay area students attending college are suddenly being sent home, after surviving the most frightening experience of their lives. look at this. one student is jamison wong from berkeley. a sophomore at tilling university. he joins us now live from austin, texas. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> what has tulane this headed to do in the wake of ida's impact? we saw the impact on your dorm. what are they doing besides sending you home? class is canceled? >> for right now, we have no power on campus. i think running water is good, but the main problem is no power. so they've decided to do is cancel classes until september 12, i believe, then i believe we are online until early october or until they say it is safe to come back. >> online. distance learning. you went throu

it was probably originally a majority to be overruled barrett and kavanaugh said it was wrong we don'to replace it with we are not eager to figure it out and in addition justice breyer said it should be reconsidered. rtroberts has joined for those certain allocations five or six or seven goes to reconsider smith when they are forced to do it there are those cases on the docket if they haveei to cover abortion in the employee insurance plans and those that refuse to permit the transgender surgical operation and those may well be with the conference at the end of the month and the court may have to face up to the issue sooner rather than later. mostly i want to talk about justice barrett's question. she wants to think about what of us have been thinking about the question for a long time but generally that compelling interest is what protects any other fundamental right free exercise of the fund on —- first amendment right some exceptions to that are possible but that should be the general standard. the problem with scrutiny part for being lower on his face is that is under enforced and

vigilante justice law makes mississippi's law look like the moderate compromise position and putsco kavanaugh >> the other thing is that democratic women are horrified in particular, and woman who believe in some sort of abortion or horrified, and that is a -- at least based on numbers, the majority of women in this country. when this supreme court ruling came through, i got calls in the middle of the night from people on the record o immediately to say how upset they were. that's not a regular sort of response to a supreme court ruling. what it tells you is that the democrats are going to gett animated about the issue. that's not what republicans want. republicans, while theypu may n want to talkan about it, this i the consequences of the gop working for decades to get to this moment. they took over state legislatures. they have the supreme court majority. so this is also while they don't want to talk about it, this is what republicans wanted. it iss this idea that abortion will somehow be curtailed in a real, real way and democrats, they feel w as though this seem like the thing that could

when the kavanaugh confirmation hearings were interrupted by activists, those people were arrested for interfering with government business, given a fine, and released. there is a disparity between how those people are being treated and how these people are being treated. it is not about what they did but about what they believe and that is what makes them political nurse. -- political prisoners. we are anti-violence. we have had two protests in d.c. already. we look forward to having a very safe, peaceful expression of our rights. host: what is the program tomorrow? caller: we are going to start with the pledge and a prayer. i will be speaking and my cohost started is similar organization will be narrating the event. we will have family members who have been victimized by this persecution. we will have two aspiring congressional candidates there. i will speak a little bit and we will sing some songs. host: what is the goal by the time the rally is over? caller: -- guest: what we want to do is put a spotlight on the mistreatment of these individuals and encourage legislators to deliver

amy coney barrett to replace the late justice after previously appointing neil gorsuch and brett kavanaughrt. on monday october 4, the juices will ben their next term-- in person for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic required them to hear cases remotely. for more on how the court has changed and what's ahead, i spoke with amy howe, co-founder of scotusblog, a website covering the u.s. supreme court. amy, thank you so much for joining us. please give us an idea of how much this court has changed since the passing of ruth bader ginsburg just a year ago. >> theost immediate impact that we've seen of the death of justice ginsburg and the replacement by justice barrett has been on what's known as the shadow docket that request the emergency requests for the court to step in and block an execution to put a lower court ruling on hold. recently, one of the most recent examples has been the request by abortion providers in texas to put the texas law barring almost all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on hold. and so, in that case, you had the chief justice, john roberts, joining the

i hope chris cuomo gets the same treatment he and others gave brett kavanaugh.s what he truly deserve ofs. they have that liberal privilege so they are not really cared. and he's already been through so many and still able to keep this job. how much can he get away with before cnn has to take those and do something. judge jeanine: we can't let them scare us into keeping our mouths shut for fear we'll be canceled. i have to take 30 seconds. i have some major breaking news that just came across my desk. our dear friend taupie layeren is even ganged. even gang -- she is engaged to be married to a wonderful guy. >> congratulations for getting engauged. but you are not going to break us up. okay? this is our tv partnership. the three of us. >> there is ready to turn your dreams into plans and your actions into achievements? explore over 75 programs and four-week classes at national university. your future starts today at nu.edu. judge jeanine: sometimes in this crazy world we are living in, folks just need a win. no one knows better how to overcome with a win man my

kavanaugh, an accused rapist, credibly accused rapist, they have packed the court, and we have to fix it. we have a radical supreme court beholding to very right wing ideologues, and the idea that they would let this law sit there and not stop it is outrageous. the majority said it was novel and complex. it's not novel or complex. le it's much like the ku klux klan. bounty hunters were allow god into states and steal slaves and bring them back to the south and after the civil war, our congress passed the ku klux klan act that gives you the right to violate the rights of others. that's exactly what is happening here. it's not complex. and the supreme court has ruled twice that that is acting under color of state law if the state law gives private rights of action that help you violate other citizens' rights. so it's really an outrageous decision and it's alive. it's kind of novel that they're using it for abortion, but even in 1973, the supreme court rules that a state can't delegate veto power over abortions to individuals, so it's not that novel, and it just shows how right winged th

he ignores the rushed confirmation process of kavanaugh and amy coney barrett.we can take anything that justice clarence says -- you know, we have to take it all with a grain of salt. he is not to be trusted, and his comments about race, his comments about choice are all just, in many ways, despicable. >> people are going to say, oh, my gosh, they're up on cnn, you know. don lemon is allowing the justice to be called a sellout. those were words from a harvard professor that you're discussing, and you're saying you think it is fair for some folks, especially black folks, to be skeptical of clarence thomas, especially the way that he has ruled on issues of race. >> oh, absolutely, don. yes, you're going to be criticized, and i'm going to be criticized. >> but that's okay. it comes with the job. we have to speak truth to power. we would be remiss if we did not call out clarence thomas for the way he has handled himself, the comments that he makes, and the rulings he's made while sitting on the court. he is the oldest sitting judge. he's been on the court longer tha

the supreme court to be undermined the ignores the actions of mitch mcconnell, the confirmation of kavanaugh amy coney barrett. i don't think we can -- we have to take it all with a grain of salt. he is not to be trusted and his comments about race and choice are all in many ways despicable. >> people are going to say, my gosh, they are up on cnn and, you know, don lemon is allowing the justice to be called a sellout. those are words from a harvard professor it that you are discussing. you are saying that you think it is fair for some folks to be, especially black folks, to be skeptical of clarence thomas, especially the way that he has ruled on issues of race? >> oh, absolutely. yes, you are going to be criticized and i will be criticized. that's okay. it comes with the job. we have to speak truth to power. we would be remiss for not calling out clarence thomas for how he handles himself and the rulings he makes on the court. he is the oldest sitting judge. he has been on the court longer than any other justices. and let me say this about this speech. >> you mean the longest sitting justice

. >> i do not believe brett kavanaugh will overturn roe v. wade. >> the president also is opposed to roe v. wade. that's on the ballot as well. >> you don't know what's on the ballot? that's not on the ballot. you don't know her view on roe v. wade. >> i don't know. >> donald trump a stupid man in many ways but with good political instincts, understanding he doesn't want roe v. wade on the ballot. but he pointed out he only appoints justices who oppose roe v. wade. so the conservative court under justice john roberts, that court has had a few main projects, one of them protecting corporations from government regulation, and that may mean rolling back the sort of jurisprudence, they've been laser focused on rolling back voting rights, and making abortion more difficult. they've been laser focused on that agenda from the beginning. do not believe anyone who tells you that's not what they're doing. they are either idiots or lying to you. now we have arrived at this moment in which the wolf is at the door. i mean, if you don't like abortion right

. >> i do not believe brett kavanaugh will overturn -- >> i could not vote for a judge who demonstrated president is not something to be trimmed. >> i asked him is this sufficient if five current sitting justices believe that roe should be overturned and he said no. >> is this the supreme court quote, "reaffirming roe" this week? >> no. it is definitely not doing that. and you know there is this phase. if a couple of months the court is very clear of a direct channel to roe. in the case of mississippi, of 16 weeks. the state is asking the court to overturn roe and a number of conservative groups and pro-life groups are doing the same. there is opportunities for the court. chief roberts had always been hostile to abortion rights in general. that six or five members of the court would constitute a majority to overturn roe. in the meantime, we've got the states. to be fair, ari, the court majority said, look, we're not ruling on any constitutional question here but we shouldn't take this up for procedural reasons. the liberals, not the chief justice but the liberals by and large i think tr

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chris wray and kavanaugh -- but this needs to be investigated by the doj.o me that the people subpoenaing the phone records are the select committee as opposed to the fbi. when the fbi subpoenas phone records, they don't ask nicely. they show up with two guys looking for the foils. that's how the fbi rolls when their backs are into it. mayor garland refused to put his backs into investigating the people with power. he's happy to go after qanon shaing men. that's an easy target for him. the people that's inspired and the mo brooks and don trump jr. the people that inspired this attack, mayor garland ain't got no time for them. that's the problem. the department of justice has more power and more pressure they can put on this investigation if mayor garland wants to put his back into it. >> i have said this. you're exactly right. i have said all along. people ignore subpoenas from congress all the time. you don't ignore the fbi. you can ignore a bill collector but not the person who shows up your door. curt, this is something else that's really key about this

woman's head, it was okay to defend andrew cuomo because he was a democrat but you can go after brett kavanaughs a republican. >> kat: a very major difference in the way they treated those two situations. even though there was a lot more evidence and a lot more accusers on andrew cuomo side. >> greg: the other issue, dagen. when the head of the works for andrew cuomo. it undermines their whole believe all women because they are not believing his women or his accusers. >> dagen: absolutely. and they actually stepped up and wanted people not to put out a statement, one of the organization not to put out a statement when the women started coming forward. pump the brakes. look at the guy. he is english liberal with power, and if you squint come even kind of looks like harvey weinstein. they didn't know that was going to go against him. i don't have enough life experiences to write about. i don't have enough to put it on the post-it note but i will say one thing and this is going to get me in trouble. if a woman ever tells you, i am a champion of women, no, they're not. they are the first to talk ab