joining me now an editor from "the washington post," ruth marcus one of her latest pieces gets to the heart of the matter. the supreme court aidsen abets texas in violating women's constitutional rights. ruth, good to see you. thank you for with being with us this morning. you've made an interesting point. i've been talking about this. but you summed it up in your column. i want to read our viewers a portion from it in which you say congratulations, texas, you did it. you figured out a way to write an anti-abortion law that everyone agrees is unconstitutional under current law and ensure the women whose rights are violated don't have the ability to challenge it in court. a five justice supreme court majority instead of slapping down this end run around the constitution and the judicial process is happily aiding and abetting it. it's a sad day for women but also for the rule of law. that really sums it up. there are two things going on. the attack on abortion and the failure of the supreme court to do -- to uphold its own historical precedent. >> i think that's exactly right. and the f

joining me now is my colleague ruth marcus, columnist and deputy editorial page editor for the "washingtonneal katyal msnbc contributor and former acting solicitor general of the united states, and cecile richards, cochair of american bridge and planned parenthood. i can't think of three better people to talk about this. cecile, i want to start with you, ask you what your thoughts on the planned parenthood suit that got the injunction to at least temporarily stall the texas law from going into effect. >> well, i mean, it will maybe be helpful for a few days. as you know, everyone does, the extreme right in texas is everywhere, asking people to file suit against doctors, against clinicians, against anyone who has helped any woman try to get access to a safe and legal abortion. what we're also seeing, jonathan, is that this has created a political firestorm all across the country because, of course, people are realizing if republicans can do this in texas, they can do it anywhere. and we're seeing, again, efforts in ohio, in florida. texas is the second largest state in the country, and 7 mi