justices breyer, ruth bader ginsburg, sotomayor and justice kennedy wrote in favor of texas clinics and chief justice roberts, and justices thomas and alito dissented. joining me is nbc justice correspondent pete williams. this is unusual. it shows maybe an eight member court might be an effective instrument of justice here. >> couple things to think about. justice scalia had been on this court it would have been 5-4, probably the same outcome. secondly, of all those justices, the only one who spoke up and said there was nothing wrong with the law was justice thomas. but it is a pretty strong smack-down of the texas law. basically the court says it raises obstacles to women's access to abortion without any medical benefit, so therefore it's an undue burden. this decision doesn't by itself undercut the other laws but can be used in other states to challenge them. >> does this reaffirm casey and webster and the cases subsequent to roe v wade, bottom line, a

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. >>> there's no doubt that the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has made her place in americantory and now her significance has been solidified in the unlikeliest of places in the animal kingdom. honored with her own species of praying mantis. it is called after the justice for her quote relentless fight for gender equality. >>> and finally this morning, think back for a second to the midterm elections in 2014. and one of the most bizarre moments of the campaign season. a fan that fanned the flames in the governor's election. >> governor crist has asked to have a small fan placed underneath the podium. the rules of the debate that i was shown by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow, there is a fan there and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott -- will not join us for the debate. >> an extremely awkward moment. governor rick scott did as a result come out and went -- did eventually come out and win the election. this is 2016, and this photo was tweeted of the air conditioning unit during donald trump's sweltering rally

the other members of the court -- ruth bader ginsburg, finished her law degree at columbia and was a brooklyn person, sonia sotomayor is a bronx person. elena kagan is manhattan all the way. was queens.ia no staten island, i guess. i mentioned sam alito. but also remember merrick garland, who learned his law in this city. he is the guy on the hot seat right now. it's very much a new york story. and what is going to decide? what is going to decide elections? who feels that slot on the -- who fills that slot on the supreme court? is going to decided is which manhattanite becomes president of the united states? whether it is donald j. trump or hillary clinton. new york state is very much on the ballot. and when you have judges -- the supreme court is very much on the ballot, and when you have judges, richard nixon or george w. bush -- judges that can tell us who can vote and who cannot with id laws and all the rest, the court is influencing with important ways in close elections who is going to win and who is not. these things interact. it is a very interesting interaction between the p

as a matter of fact, ruth bader ginsburg in a concurrence says the texas law makes it worse for woment very hard to get an opponent, a lot of women might try illegal means. >> or drive 200 miles and find the doctor who will have a waiting list. >> absolutely. >> what's it called? supply and demand. they wanted to reduce the supply. thanks, pete williams, as always. >>> just after news of the court's ruling broke, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton tweeted the following. scotus' decision is a victory for women in texas and across america. safe abortion should be a right, not just on paper but in reality. she also tweeted this, this fight isn't over. the next president has to protect women's health. women won't be punished, a word she took from donald trump, of course, for exercising their basic rights. joining me is cecile richards, president of planned parenthood. thank you. congratulations is in order because the decision clearly supports roe v wade. >> absolutely. this was a really important decision for women of texas but women all across the country, and it was so r

coming up next, justice ruth bader inspired and sonia sotomayor shared information about the supreme court food tradition. including topics of conversation at shared meals. we will also hear from the supreme court curator. this took place at the smithsonian museum of natural c-span ande on washington, d.c.. see sore thrilled to many people here for this program. my name is john gray and i have the privilege of being the director of your museum of natural history. particularly on nights like tonight when we can look at american history in a unique way. we are honored to be joined by panel.hts supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. ♪ [applause] supreme court justice soanya sotomayor. [applause] kathryn fitz. and supreme court publications director. [applause] >> it is now my privilege to certifiedthe board cardiologist, jazz musician, and former president of cornell university of iowa. he is interested in learning and most importantly, it he is a pescatarian. you for the introduction and thank you on behalf of the american people for the great job you do. so innovative and creative

the more liberal justices, ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor, wrote just four. >> one way to think about this is the old nine-justice court, everyone conceived of it this liberals, four conservatives, and justice kennedy in the middle. the center is now much larger. you have the chief justice, breyer, and kagan, almost always voting together. the people who are resisting this trend are the most conservatives and the most liberals. so that is a brand-new situation. advocates are still getting used to it. we don't know how long it is going to last. it may last into the next term. that means a lot of cases will be decided by a kind of court that is exercising, call it imalism. min they would rather have more people vote on a narrow legal proposition than a court making a broad pronouncement. they didn't have a ton of luck with that until justice scalia died. >> you base this on the opinions that have come down since the vacancy was created. as folks who watch the supreme , this is the prime season for the close cases. >> everything you just said might be proven wrong in the next few w

it is being dubbed the ginsberg "a" after the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg.it's a perfect homage to her. >> we named it in honor of her commitments to women's rights and because of the jabot, the lace around the neck. >>> and hillary clinton may have landed a number of political punches to the donald during a high profile speech. it was madeleine albright who put salt in the wounds who said that trump would fail her own class at georgetown. >> we can't have somebody in there that doesn't understand the issues and then make snap decisions. by the way, i'm a professor at georgetown university. and i teach a course on decision making. donald trump would flunk my course. >>> meanwhile, trump doubled down on his attacks on the district judge presiding over his trump university case telling the "wall street journal" the judge has a quote, absolute conflict in presiding over the case, given that he is of mexican heritage. he says because he's quote building a wall it's an inheerntss conflict -- inherent conflict of interest. the statement said, trump continues to in

. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg has long been a feminist.entists in cleveland have named this newly discovered species of praying mantis after her. besides giving a nod to her, they say they chose her name because it's her signature lace collar. which looks much like the insect's deck plate. >> hm. [ laughter ] >> wonder how she feels about this. >> are you honored by that? >> it's cool. >> not -- not really. it really doesn't look like it at all. i'm sorry. okay, maybe it does. no, you don't look like praying mantis. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at 5:00. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> remember, the latest news and weather, always on cbssf.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: clinton's dire warning about trump. >> this is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes because it's not hard to imagine donald trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin. >> pelley: also tonight... ♪ purple rain, purple rain ♪ >> pelley: he o.d.'d on pain killers.

we are the ruth bader beginsberg, went on to serve in the supreme court of the united states. not allow a small, incure thin-skinned wannabe to detroit the rule of law in the united states of america. you bet. you bet. we are ready for this fight. because, it is time to fight again. as it has for the elizabeth as it has for the elizabeth >>> the strength of attack. let's play hardball. good evening. i'm chris matthews in this big day of american politics. president obama bugled charge and played a respectful taps to honor the sanders campaign. he seized command of the democratic party's calendar for action endorsing hillary clinton as his presidential successor. he left no room for further intraparty bickering. his endorsement came this afternoon in a video. let's watch it. >> i know how hard this job can be. that's why i know hillary will be so good at it. in fact, i don't think there's been someone so qualified to hold this office.

we are the nation of ruth bader ginsburg and went onto serve in the supreme court of the united statesthat's who we are. we not allow a small, insecure, thin-skinned, wannabe tyrant or his allies to destroy the rule of law in the united states of america. we will not. [ cheers and applause ] we will not. you bet. [ applause ] we are ready for this fight because it is time to fight again as it has been time to fight in every generation for those four simple words that define the promise of our legal system. equal justice under law. that's what we're here for. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. >> that's senator elizabeth warren delivering a blistering speech against donald trump and the leaders of the republican party. vice president joe biden is expected to speak at the same event shortly. let's bring in our round table guests, eugene robinson. in order, starting with gene, your thoughts on what we just heard. the mix of what we just heard. >> it was a very tough speech. she called donald trump a thin-skinned racist bully. a thin-skinned ra

we are the ruth bader beginsberg, went on to serve in the supreme court of the united states., incure thin-skinned wannabe to detroit the rule of law in the united states of america. you bet. you bet. we are ready for this fight. because, it is time to fight again. as it has for the elizabeth warren tore into donald trump at that event in washington, d.c. as you see, vice president joe biden is about to follow her at the lectern. he's being introduced by ron klain, long-time seese onadviser and associate. both speeches justrs

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg wrote "it is beyond rational belief that house bill 2 couldnuinely protect the health of women and is certain that the law would make it more difficult for them to obtain abortions." similar rerestrictions in other states are most likely also unconstitutional based on the ruling. oklahoma, alabama, arkansas, louisiana, mississippi. let's go directly to washington dc, we are we are joined by amy hagstrom miller, the founder and ceo of whole woman's health v. hellerstedt, the lead plaintiff in this landmark case. miller has been working in abortion care. welcome back to democracy now! first, your reaction. ms. hagstrom miller: i'm beyond elated. not only did we get a victory for the women and families across texas, but the ruling was broad enough to give relief across the country. we were able to illustrate the undue burden put upon by onerous regulations and tell the stories of the women and families across the state affected directly. i'm proud of being able to lead the lawsuit and tell the stories and bring them to the forefront. amy: tell us

ruth bader ginsburg, 83. steven briar, 79. clarence thomas, 68 years old. this is, even by supreme court standards, an unusually old court, which suggests that the next president will have the opportunity not just to fill justice scalia's seat, which is, of course, vacant right now but potentially two, three, or even four seats on the court. >> which may explain why some people who find donald trump distasteful, find a conservative commander in chief more tasteful, because there is that massive stake facing down the current panel. >> and one reason why he put that list of ten potential nominees to the supreme court out is to show that he would nominate conservatives. >> i can quickly say i have been checking his twitter feed. we have not heard yet from donald trump about this. presumably, we will hear pretty soon. >> that's a really good presumption actually. dana bash, thank you. jeffrey toobin, thank you as well. i want to do something really quickly. i think we may have a statement from the president on this. i am doing it live while i'm talking to you.

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and just as ruth bader ginsburg, who is a heroin for women's rights, she wrote separately to talk about who are in desperate circumstances. they would have to resort to unlicensed practitioners and that's not acceptable. >> it's great to get your expertise on this, lisa. we're going to take a short break. when we return, you'll hear how los angeles hopes to convince olympic officials that it is the best host for the 2024 games. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure... ...kidney problems, or

we are the nation of ruth bader ginsburg, a lawyer who fought for gender equality. [applause] that is who we are. and we will not allow a small, insecure, thin-skinned, wannabe tyrant or his allies in the senate to destroy the rule of law in the united states of america. we will not. we will not. you bet. you bet. cheers and applause] we are ready for this fight ecause it is time to fight again. as it has been time to fight in every generation for those four simple words that define the promise of our legal system. equal justice under law. that's what we're here for. thank you. cheers and applause] >> this is an amazing family story if you think about it will they surpassed terrible cruelty. the empire is increased. there were great love affairs but it's also a family where fathers killed their sons where wives had their husbands overthrown and murdered. this is a family unlike any other. sebag ht on q&a, simon montefiore discusses about the for ty that ruled russia over 400 years. >> all the children were wearing heir own bizarre bulletproof vest, a vest sewn with

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. [applause] >> supreme court justice sonya sotomayor. [applause] kathryn fitz. [applause] and supreme court publications director. claire kurtzman. [applause] >> it is now my privilege to introduce the board certified cardiologist, jazz musician, and former president of cornell university and university of iowa. he is interested in learning and most importantly, it he is a pescatarian. >> thank you for the introduction and thank you on behalf of the american people for the great job you do. so innovative and creative. this is an amazing museum. [applause] >> and especially in such an interesting election year, we appreciate all you and your colleagues are doing to share so many aspects of america. esteemed colleagues and friends, welcome to this unique opportunity to find out more about the highest court in the landing and how its members have worked together. the supreme court and the smithsonian have long had close ties. since the 19 century, the chief justice is served as the smithsonian board of regents. i am indebted to chief john r

. >> reporter: during oral arguments in march, justice ruth bader ginsburg said the focus must shalle ones who are burden burdened. the three women on the high court and justice steven briar asked whether the law was medically necessary. texas says the rirms are necessary and argued the majority of the women in the state will live within 150 miles of an abortion clinic. texas's arguments seemed to be better received by the court's conservative justices, who appeared skeptical that the law was to blame for the clinic closures. the four liberals seemed quite intent on striking down the law. the conservatives seemed willing to uphold it. justice kennedy is the swing. is he going to join with the conservatives and perhaps send the case back to the lower court? >> and that was chris frates reporting. if the high court is deadlocked in a 4-4 split, the lower court ruling will be upheld, and the texas law will be allowed to go into effect. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> here live in the cnn newsroom, i'm suzanne malveaux in atlanta. breaking news now, a white nationalist rally

rebuttal when that came up in the court, during coral arguments -- oral arguments and i believe it was ruth bader ginsburg who said we have already changed the definition of marriage. women are no longer the property of their husbands. so marriage has changed. and that was just another tired argument that made no sense to me. no one person, no one group, no one tradition owns the definition of marriage. it's a civil liberty are, it's a civil right, and that to me was just a very tired, pointless argument. uh-oh. [laughter] >> so what's next for you, jim? >> well, i will say that the best thing that has come out of this experience for me is the realization that i have to be involved in something that's bigger, something that's more important than i am. you know, john and i weren't activists. we signed checks. that was our brand of activism. and to find ourselves in this spot where we had the ability to really say this is what matters to us, this is what we stand for and to know that that has had such an enormous impact not just on the two of us or on the 30 of us who went to the supreme court, but

that has influences decisions like the heller decision scalia -- >> ruth bader ginsberg -- >> the headst liberal group. it with as pro-choice group. we can't subject the justices to this kind of a litmus test. you can't scrub the ideology out of the justices before you put them on the bench. atter i do think this may secure hillary's vote in madison, cambridge and west hollywood. but the average person a lot of working class democrats, a lot of bernie supporters and trimp supporters think why are they trying to prevent me from protecting myself. >> you can carry it and register it. you can conceal it if you register it. >> hold on. don't talk over each other. tucker? >> honestly why not apply the same standards to the people in power. why shouldn't politicians have to live by the same gun control laws that you're espousing. why shouldn't they live by the same rules that we do. >> their bodyguards register their guns and that's the important thing here. >> power. >> it's important. you don't want terrorists to have guns you don't want rapists and murderers to have guns. all this is sayi

president is certainly going to have to fill the justice scalia, merrick garland vacancy and also ruth baderd. anthony kennedy turns 80 next month. stephen breyer is almost 80. clarence thomas just turned 68. even by supreme court standards, this is an old court and they are going to have vacancies. >> thank you both for being with us. >>> the funerals continue for the 49 people killed by gunman at the pulse nightclub in orlando. there were more this weekend. some family members are haunted by questions. two weeks later they have not been told exactly how their loved ones died. they are asking why it took so long for police to reach their family members. we will have some of their stories and i will speak to the police chief next. is happening now at red lobster. and if you love lobster and shrimp, ...check out all these new entrees. like new coastal lobster and shrimp... ...with summer ale barbeque sauce, ...and new lobster and shrimp overboard. overboard? nah, ...it's just right. so hurry in. [so i use quickbooks and run mye entire business from the cloud. i keep an eye on sales and expens

ruth bader jim britt said, "the court does not apprehend the way can bemen discriminated against." the is not 1787, when constitution was drafted. today, we have aliens of women as sole breadwinner's. women and children living in poverty in the united states who would not be if women were paid the full dollar. womenmedy is to give every fair legal tool to outine, challenge, and tear historic bias at its roots. once and for all, don't women to rights ineserve full america? when you have the protection that a constitutional amendment affords you, you have more likely of winning -- likelihood of winning cases. women need this framework. without the era, women are left to the mercy of courts and politicians, both state and federal, who often do little or .othing for gender justice equal means equal or it means nothing at all. ?hat is the era a few simple words. equal rights under the law will abridged by any state. is that really a principle to anyone can oppose? new poll, 90%-- a of americans say they would support an amendment to the constitution that supports equal rights for both m

. >> ruth bader ginsburg is already in her early 80s. stephen breyer will be in his 80s. anthony kennedy will be in his 80s. and clarence thomas is not exactly a spring chicken at 68. so even if there are not immediate resignations, you know, life being what it is, people tend to leave their jobs well before their early 80s. >> let's go back to the reaction from the u.s. supreme court, a guest to talk to. >> i'm joined by elizabeth, legal analyst and president of the constitutional accountability center. elizabeth, you also wrote a brief in favor of the abortion rights activists. obviously, this is a big win for you. what is the significance of this ruling today? >> it's a big win because justice kennedy joined the more liberal justices. reaffirming that you can't make an end-run around the constitutional right to have abortion by putting up these laws that purport to protect a woman's health but really have no relationship to the woman's health. the court said clearly they are not necessary. >> not only not necessary but unconstitutional. what is the significant of justi

was that ruth bader ginsburg, was that sotomayor, was that haggan? no. that was antonin scalia who wrote that language and which clearly signaled that all of these claims and, again, the speaker did it last night, that the constitution somehow is a prohibition for this body moving forward on commonsense, bipartisan gun safety legislation mov forward anhe here on the campus capitol hill and has lit up our phones and our email all across the house of representatives. and, again, mr. welch, i just want to again yield to you in terms what have your thoughts are about the last 22 hours. and claims there is a constitutional obstacle for us moving forward. mr. courtney: well, thank you very much for your the horrendous their grammar school, elementary school. you know, my colleagues, this has been a long night. but it has been a good night. the majority has left town. we have been heard. it is not so much we've been heard, the american people have been heard. and you know, what you said about the constitution, we all revere the constitution, but saying the cons

breyer wrote the majority opinion joined by justices anthony and kennedy, ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. chief justice roberts and clarence thomas and samuel alito jr. dissented. we'll hear the oral argument in that case in a couple of minutes. >>> tonight on the communicators, texas republican congressman will hurd talks about cyber and data security and federal agencies and the report card his subcommittee released in may on agencies management of information. he's joined by politico cybersecurity reporter tim starks. >> the federal government has almos almost 11,000, facebook has four. there is no reason the federal government should have 11,000 and you can realize savings. we realize through the score card that four agencies have realized $2 billion worth of savings over the last two years by moving into the cloud. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> on july 1st, the sith so smithsonian's air and space museum opened. the american history tv's live coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. we'll tour the museum and see o

breyer was joined by justice ruth bader ginsburg in that point.erhapsonia sotomayor has sympathies in that direction as well. i'm not sure we have enough justices to talk about overturning the death penalty at this point. the death of justice antonin scalia was a huge blow for the pro-death penalty folks. he was one of the most vigorous supporters. the court also issued a decision this week in the death on thursday, ruling that a state judge was wrong to participate in a death row case where he previously served as a prosecutor. host: it is a straight up prejudice case. the judge was involved as a prosecutor and it shows that the court is really nibbling around the edges of these death penalty cases. procedures,l the dotted and t'sbe to be crossed. whether they will tackle it directly, we will see. host: lance rogers, legal editor for bloomberg bna. think of joining us this morning. -- thank you for joining us this morning could we are taking viewer calls on the death penalty. you support or oppose it. first, tom from wisconsin. you support the de

we are the nation of ruth bader ginsburg, the lawyer who fought for gender equality and went on to servethe supreme court of the united states. that is who we are. we will not allow a small insecure thin skinned wannabe tyrant or his allies in the senate to destroy the rule of law in the united states of america. we will not. we are ready for this fight because it is time to fight again. it has been time to fight in every generation for those for simple words that define the promise of our legal system. equal justice under law. that's what were here for. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. you may say that i'm delighted to be here with all of you including those of you who are stuck in virginia back there. i don't know how the hell you got the cheap seats, but i tell you, thank you very much. there is only a few things i've learned in all the years that i've been in washington. one i learned for certain, if you want to see your popularity soar, acknowledge and announce you are not running for president. [laughter] it really is amazing what it does. if i ha

justice ruth bader ginsburg stated in our view, the court is not comprehend the insidious way in which women can be subjected to wage discrimination. this is not 1787, when the constitution was drafted. in today's america we have millions of women as the sole breadwinner's. we have an estimated 33 million women and children living in poverty in the u.s. who would not be if women were paid the full dollar. america has more elderly women in poverty than any other nation in the industrialized world. the remedy is to give women every fair legal tools to examine, challenge, and tear out widespread and historic bias at its roots. once and for all, don't women deserve full rights in america? when you have the extra scrutiny and legal protection, a constitutional and in metaphors, you have more likelihood of winning cases and enacting strong and just laws. women need this framework. without the era, women are left to the mercy of courts and politicians, both state and federal, who often do little or nothing for gender justice. equal means equal or it means nothing at all. what is the e.r.a., w

we are the nation of ruth bader ginsburg, a lawyer who fought r gender equality and is now serving in the supreme court of the united states. that is who we are and we will ot allow a small insecure, or -skinned, wanna-tyrant the senate to destroy the rule of law in the united states of america. [cheers and applause] senator: we will not. we will not. [cheers and applause] senator: you bet. you bet. [cheers and applause] senator: we are ready for this fight, because it is time to fight again. as it has been time to fight in every generation for those four simple words that define the promise of our legal system. equal justice under law. that's what we're here for. thank you. cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by ational captioning institute] >> that was from yesterday when senator warren announced she is supporting hillary clinton and the two met this morning in the nation's capital and hillary clinton gave her first speech since becoming the democratic party's presumptive nominee and spoke at a planned parenthood event

we are the nation of ruth bader ginsburg, a lawyer who fought for gender equality and went on to serve in the supreme court of these united states. [applause] that is who we are. and we will not allow a small, insecure, thin-skinned, wanna be tie rant or his allies in the senate to destroy the rule of law in the united states of america! [applause] we will not. we will not. [cheers and applause] you bet. you bet. [applause] we are ready for this fight because it is time to fight again. as it has been time to fight in every generation for those four simple words, that define the promise of our legal system, equal justice under law. at that's what we're here for. thank you. [applause] >> we are going public. we'll be watched by our friend and by people across the country and i would hope as i said before, that, the senate may change, not as an institution but may become a more efficient body because of televised proceedings. >> the proceedings of the united states senate are being broadcast to the nation on television for the first time, not that we have operated in secret until now. mil