personally, i got suspicious when neil gorsuch stopped wearing his pussy hat. ( laughter ) the opinion, which would dispense with half a century of precedent, was written by associate justice samuel alito, seen here hoping nobody notices he just dropped an opinion in his robe. ( laughter ) and, boy, is it a load. alito writes, "we hold that 'roe' and 'casey' must be overruled. a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the nation's history and traditions." on the contrary, an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment persisted from the earliest days of the common law." because nothing says "looking toward the future" like adhering to the earliest days of common law. that's why i believe that life begins at white, land-owning male, and why horses who read should be arrested for witch-mischief. alito strangely argues that overturning "roe" is about bringing people together, writing, "'roe' and 'casey' have enflamed debate and deepened division." so he thinks this decision will make those divisions... better? "and now, to mend a broken nation by pulling th

justice roberts: justice gorsuch? justice barrett? justice barrett: just to pick up on the very end of your colloquy with justice kagan, was it wrong that you weren't joined under rule 19 as a necessary party in this suit given what you're saying about this is practically impairing or impeding your interest? mr. thompson: that -- that would be our position, your honor, that we have an interest and it's being impaired and that we should have been named. justice roberts: thank you, counsel. mr. thompson: thank you. justice roberts: ms. theodore. ms. theodore: thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: from rule 24's inception through today, a single principle has guided interpretation of the adequacy pron. when a proposed intervenor's interest is identical to one that's already represented in the case, we presume that the existing representative is adequate, and that common-sense presumption holds particular force when the existing representative is a state official charged ethically and legally with defending state inte

like some senators took gorsuch and cavanaugh at their word? tonight the vice president harris warned that roe might not be the only target for republicans. >> you know, some republican leaders they want to take us back to a time before roe v. wade, back to a time before hodges, back to a time before griswald v connecticut, but we're not going back. we are not going back. >> the president of the naacp legal defense and education fund also offered this thought, quote, the leaked opinion suggests scotus has abandoned all respect for precedent and a woman's right to choose. if this is true, we can only imagine what's next and what this will mean for respect for the court itself going forward. joining us now is president and director counselor of the naacp legal defense and education fund. ms. nelson, thank you for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time. and you're an expert to whom we often turn as a non-lawyer, i was confused by the fact that justice alito says the supreme court can only protect rights that are in his words deeply rooted i

justice clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett joining alito. cnn reports chief justice john roberts does not want to completely overturn roe v. wade but he would vote to uphold the mississippi law that would ban abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy. if roe is overturned, 13 states have so-called trigger laws that would make abortion illegal as soon as the court rules. they are among the more than 26 states the guttmacher institute says are likely to ban abortion soon as possible -- alabama, arizona, arkansas, florida, georgia, idaho, indiana, iowa, kentucky, louisiana, montana, michigan, mississippi, missouri, nebraska, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, utah, west virginia, wisconsin, and wyoming. for more we're joined by two guests. michele goodwin is chancellor's professor at university of california, irvine and founding director of the center for biotechnology and global health policy, author of "policing the womb: invisie women and the criminalization of motheood." also with us from portland, oregon,

it has been reaffirmed many times just this neil gorsuch is one of three justices nominated by president trump and confirmed to serve on the supreme court. he began his tenure in 2017. in light of the leaked opinion on overturning the 1973 roby wade decision american history tv is looking back at what the current members of the high court had to say about abortion during their confirmation hearings. just this elena kagan began serving on the court in 2010 the former harvard law school dean was nominated by president obama. she too was asked about the issue at her confirmation hearing. um, as i law after casey. it's that after viability the state can regulate as it pleases. except for situations where the woman's life or health interests are at issue. before viability the question is whether there is an undue burden on the right woman's ability to have an abortion. is it fair for the court to consider scientific changes and when a fetus becomes viable as medical science evolves? senator graham, i do think that in every area that it is fair to consider scientific changes. we've i've talked

lisa murkowski expressed dismay and that they feel misled by some of the justices, particularly neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. they approved their candidacy but they were misled and statements during the hearings and in private meetings. laura: when do we find out the final ruling? reporter: we have to wait to find out how much this is a roadmap and homuch of this exactly comes to pass. this is typically when the supreme court releases. laura: as the u.s. braces for the ruling back of abortion rights, colombia, argentina, and mexico have expanded access to abortion in the last two years. will joins us from mexico city. is it easier to get an abortion in mexico than it is in texas? reporter: yes, in a sense it is. it is certainly harder in texas then in mexico city where abortion up to 12 weeks has been legal since 2007. there are plenty of other states that are moving in that direction. pro-choice campaigners, women's reproductive health campaigners are also able to help people obtain either abortion pills in mexico and all come to mexico city. we see the direction of legal traffic and mo

if it does stand, we sign on from justices alito, thomas, gorsuch and cavanaugh and barrett. the right to an abortion would fall to each state. so a team of which have automatic twig trigger laws. in some states, there are no exceptions for rape or incest. meaning women will by law be able to carry it to term nor pay

justice neil gorsuch was asked about the 1973 decision as well. t has been reaffirmed. the reliance interest considerations are important there. and all the other factors that go into analyzing precedent. to be considered it is a precedent of the united states supreme court. [inaudible] considerations are important there. and all the other factors that go into analyzing president have to be considered. he's a president of the united states supreme court, it's reaffirmed in kc in 1992. and in several other cases. so a good judge will consider as president of the united states supreme court with the as treatment of president like any other. >> what about griswold, which was decided a few years before roe. the case where the court found constitutional right to privacy. can you tell me your views on griswold? >> senator, it's a president that's now 50 years old? griswold involved a right of married couples to use contraceptive devices in the privacy of their own home. and his 50 years old. there are light interests are obvious. it's been repeatedly reaffirmed, all very impo

neil gorsuch neil gorsuch . >>> unions provide in one word democracy. wall street didn't build this country. the middle class did and unions built the middle class, not labor, unions built the middle class. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was president biden today speaking at a labor union conference in chicago. the president reiterating his pledge to be the most pro-union president in american history. biden met with amazon labor union president christian smalls last week to congratulate him for taking on the big business. [ laughter ] >> you're my kind of trouble, can't stop, won't stop. small's visit to the white house followed his testimony before the senate budget committee where he politely schooled lindsey graham while donning a jacket emblazoned with "eat the rich" on the front and back. >> you're singling out a single company because of your politicize agenda to socialize this country. >> i think it's your best interest to realize it's not a left or right thing. it's not a democrat or a republican thing. it's a workers thing. it's a workers iss

supreme court justices justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh on the steps of the supreme court. take a look and ask yourself this question, he said these words, what would happen? take a look appear to speak i want tell you, gorsuch and kavanaugh, you have released to the whirlwind and you will pay . >> sean: paid the price! we have a long history of this. let's not forget ted kennedy's totally complete, dishonest diatribe about supreme court nominee at the time at robert bork. outright lying. take a look. >> robert bork's america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, police could break down citizens' the doors in midnight raids, and school children could not taught about evolution. ours would be centered at the whim of government. >> sean: now ted kennedy cared so deeply about women that he actually let one drown that slowly trapped his car in a pond in chappaquiddick and he went home that night, it was a house across the street with a light on and he didn't go for help, called nobody, mary died and he

one of the first things he did to push neil gorsuch on the courts in scalia's place. it is why he backed brett kavanaugh even after he was accused of sexual assault his accuser came to testify under oath before the united states senate. push for the confirmation of amy coney barrett just days before presidential election when ruth bader ginsburg body was hardly in the ground. an election that is -- lost. he did it, mitch mcconnell. and he face the consequence of the choices, what did he do justice mcconnell wind. like they always do, about process. today the national republican senatorial committee actually disputed three pages talking points on this to help its members craft a coherent response. axios published a copy of that document which advise republicans to do a mcconnell did and blame the leaker. quote, the leak of this document is troubling and it's indicative of the radical left mission to undermine the institution of the supreme court and ultimately pack the court with liberal judges who overstepped the democrats radical agenda. to be clear, we do not know w

but it's clear that the five conservative justices on this draft opinion, thomas, gorsuch, alito, kavanaugh and barrett have decided to go for it. and do what conservatives have been trying to do for years, which is to overturn roe versus wade. the impact is going to be incalculable on women. women will occupy a different place in america. two regimes in the country. where women do have the right of bodily autonomy under the old way and can choose abortion and where the process is criminalized. it will change the country. it changed the court. the court have never done this. rollback a previous constitutional right. it shows an eagerness really to crown a conservative political movement with a judicial triumph. >> terry, you talk about divide. the nation is already politically divided. this divides it further. >> it does, and i think the leak itself is not a great sign, it shows, look, politics in the supreme court, but that tradition of secrecy, of confidentiality, of mutual trust, no matter how badly they fought, and this shows that people inside the institution are willing to dug it into

the question is could he get justice barrett or justice gorsuch to come along with him after the oral argument, justice alito, thomas and alito seemed ready to overrule roe and casey and that's what they are reporting. >> amy howe, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >>> today president biden slammed the potential supreme court decision to strike down roe v. wade. >> it concerns me a great deal that we're going to after 50 years decide a woman does not have a right to choose within the limits of the supreme court decision but even more equally as profound is the rationale used it would mean that every other decision regarding the notion of privacy is thrown into question. >> the president warns that it could also threaten other basic rights that he says would represent a fundamental shift in the rule of law. and the president urged americans to vote for candidates in november who support abortion rights cnbc's senior washington correspondent eamon javers joins us now on the latest from what's being said at the white house. >> reporter: the president doesn't have a lot of good tactical

. >> susan collins saying it would be inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and kavanaugh said. and others are wanting leakers punishing. >> democrats undermining and attacking the court. >> reporter: president biden says it throws into question a number of issues, including gay marriage. chief justice roberts said he will find person responsible. >>> abortion rights supporters in oakland as well. protesters held signs and community leaders spoke to the crowd, also in san jose. then this. not exactly your average demonstration. a man who refers to himself as the antiabortion spider-man tried bringing attention to the news by scaling the sales force tower in san francisco. he free climbed all 61 floors of the tallest building in the city. police at top waiting for him arrested the 22-year-old from vegas. took 1 1/2 hours for climbing and arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest. >>> analysis found nearly half the united states would ban abortions if roe v. wade is overturned. red states indicated a ban. 23 states including texas and most of the southeast. green states have v

senator susan collins, a republican who supports abortion rights but also voted to confirm justices gorsuch and kavanaugh who signed on to that draft opinion to ban abortion sending it back to the states. i asked her whether or not she regrets supporting those two justices and she made clear that she wants to hear more information about this ruling and also if it is true, it's inconsistent with what she told her. >> senator, do you regret supporting kavanaugh and gorsuch? >> manu, we do not know what the decision for certain is going to be as we have said. >> were you misled by them. >> as i have said, if the draft decision proves to be the ultimate decision, it is inconsistent with what both justices told me. >> do you mean they lied? schumer said they lied. >> let's stick to the facts. what i am doing is i am working on legislation to codify roe v. wade and planned parenthood versus casey. i think that should be our focus. >> she said that she supports moving forward with legislation to codify abortion rights but she does oppose the democratic-led bill coming to the floor tomorrow because

> reporter: susan collins saying if finalized it would be completely inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh said most republicans are blasting the stunning breach of supreme court confidentiality insisting the leaker should be punished >> this is the consequence of the democrats rabidly partisan effort to undermine the court, to attack the court. >> reporter: noting if roe is overturned abortion would not be outlawed, but states would decide whether it should be legal. >> this is going to push the conversation back to the people rather than un-elected judges. >> now democrats are trying to turn this into a major election issue. what's that look like? >> yeah, that's right. with democrats fearing a possible wipeout in the midterms, a biden advisor says this threat to abortion rights is an opportunity to reenergize their base. the president saying it will fall on voters to elect pro abortion rights lawmakers. >> thank you. >>> let's turn to the war in ukraine now and the desperate civilians finally abe to get out of that besieged mariupol steel plant making to safer grou

justice clarence thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. notably justices have changed their votes in the past. it could happen again. this draft opinion was circulated on february 10th, so a lot could have changed. but if this opinion holds and if it was ultimately released by the court, this would be a 5-4 decision overturning roe v. wade, and jim and erica, we're already seeing states react to this. democratic governors, republican governors, crucially there are estimates that about half the states would ban abortion if roe were overturned. we have seen many states already acting to enact legislation that would ban or severely restrict abortion. a lot at stake as we see what the court and how the court responds to this. guys? >> we do expect a statement from the white house at any moment. do you have a sense this morning of what the reaction will be? >> reporter: we certainly will get a statement from the white house, reacting to what we have seen with this leak of this draft opinion. and president biden himself could also comment on thi

final decision on this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office. what do you say to that? >> senator graham: well, you cut off my question, because i asked judge kavanaugh, would you consider challenges to roe v. wade, would you listen to both sides? would apply the doctrine of starry to sizes, but the party -- this has not been well accepted by the public. the public has been divided since 1973. ask your next guest, who is a good friend, does he want the court to reconsider citizens versus united regarding campaign finance laws? what he welcomed a revisiting of the heller decision where the courts of the second amendment was a personal right? so my liberal friends don't mind the court overturning decisions they don't like. they very much are against overturning decisions that they agree with, so you can't bargain your way into getting onto the court. so any senator who tries to bargain with a nominee will you uphold the case i like or overturn the ones i don't is really

there's nothing to be said about the blatant lying that we saw justices kavanaugh and gorsuch -- >> it's wrong to killed a child. that's what it is. >> women will turn out in november to right this wrong. >> martha: there's no doubt this will be a huge political issue. i would just point out again -- there's fund-raising happening on it across the board. people trying to get donations based on this. what we will see is that if this decision stands is that each state and each legislature and the voters in those states will have the right to vote however they see fit on this issue across the country. thanks very much, ladies, for being here today. giving your opinions. thanks both. so the case in mississippi at the center of this now leaked decision on roe v. wade, a huge seminole moment in the country for a hot button issue that has been on people's minds since 1973 when roe v. wade was passed. the state attorney general, lynn fitch joins me exclusively when "the story" continues. >> so abortion policies have been frozen since 1973. it's time that our laws caught up. we're definitely maki

and confirmed 300 conservative judges to our federal courts at every level including justice neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and indiana's, justice coney barrett. [applause] i could not be more proud to have been vice president in the most pro-life administration in american history. we may stand on the verge of a new era in american life, an era where every life born and unborn is cherished and protected. including those three justices that our administration saw confirmed, with the help of kelly ayotte, i might add. we all know about the draft opinion. my hope and prayer is that the draft opinion of the supreme court soon becomes the majority published opinion of the supreme court and we send roe v. wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs. [applause] there are those who will say, before and after the decision is published by the court, overturning roe v. wade is somehow banning abortion. i am pro-life, i don't apologize for it. but let's be clear, overturning roe v. wade is righting an historical wrong. when it happens, will simply be returning the question of abortion to the st

. >> reporter: susan collins says the opinion would be completely inconsistent with what justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh said. >> this is a consequence of the democrats rabidly partisan effort to undermine the acourt, to attack the court. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." >> we'll closely follow the developments out of the capital. we have an in-depth look at what would happen in the bay area if roe v. wade is overturned. this is the top story at nbcbayarea.com. >>> new this morning, bizarre scene played out at the hollywood bowl in los angeles. comedian dave chapelle was attacked on stage. >> he is okay but that situation could have been a lot worse. i want to you take a look. >> make some noise for hip-hop history. >> a closer look, the man rushing on the stage last night, tackling chapelle during that performance. police later said the attacker was armed with a replica gun that could also eject a knife blade. they're not certain if the man used the weapon. guards quickly caught and subdued the fan who was later loaded into an ambulance we saw. chapelle was not hu

this is gorsuch, kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. in their confirmation hearings. >> so a good judge will consider as precedent of the united states supreme court worthy as treatment of precedent like any other. >> and one of the important things to keep in mind about "roe v. wade" is that it has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years. >> roe is not a super precedent because calls for its overruling have never ceased because it doesn't mean that r o'should be overruled. >> let me play one more, samuel alito, the author of the upcoming overturning of roe. >> "roe v. wade" is an important precedent of the supreme court. it was decided in 1973, so it's been on the books for a long time. it has been challenged on a number of occasions, and i discussed those yesterday, and it was my and the supreme court has reaffirmed the decision, sometimes on the merit, sometimes in casey based on stare decisis, and i think when a decision is challenged and reaffirmed, that strengthens its value. >> i mean, those werelize, right, and stare d

republican senator susan collins says the draft opinion was completely inconsistent with what justices neil gorsuch told her when they said access to abortion was settled law. >> thank you. >>> the first major primary of t this election. vance was the winner last night. he'll face democrat tim ryan in november. vance made it clear, he's sticking by trump. >> they wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of donald trump's america first agenda. ladies and gentlemen, it ain't the death of the america first agenda. >> also in ohio, secretary of state franklin rose won his primary. he also got trump's endorsement. >>> overseas, russian forces are bombing ukraine. they carried out 400 strikes yesterday alone including in the western city of lviv. part of city lost power. meanwhile, more than 100 civilians safely evacuated from a steel plant in mariupol and have been safely relocated but hundreds remain trapped. >>> now to your money. a decision affecting all americans. a decision to raise interest ratss, bringing down prices while hoping to avoid a recession. >>> this morning, wall s

chief justice joined the majority and gorsuch wrote that opinion expanding rights. i don't think there's any significant appetite for the type of thing that the mayor is talking about, the mayor of cli is talking about. except for one or two justices, not five or more. and i think that's a really important point to drive home. >> kayleigh: yes, she makes a call to arms. unbelievable. harris, i just wonder why has a reporter looked at jen psaki and read to you what you read on your show, whoever with the intent of influencing a judge in the discharge of his duties pickets or parades near a building or residence occupied by a judge should be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than for one year. why not read her the code and say why are you encouraging breaking this law? do you no longer enforce it? >> harris: well, there's that part of it and then the other part is the supreme court police parody act that republican texas senator john cornin and democrat delaware senator just on may 9th, that was just yesterday it passed. it goes to the house, it was unanim

i want to tell you gorsuch, i want to tellsu you, gavino, yu have really the whirlwind and you will to ride you know, know you if you go forward with these awful you will pay the price really. it >> these are people with lifetime appointments. soappointments how exactly couly the price? w can't vote against them. what can we do?he we can hurt them.s the we can harass their families. ry we can make it impossible tore live in this country through threats of violence. quote, you won't know what hit you said the from new york . t apparently they're about to learn what's going to hit them.e remember when liberals used to oppose violence, they didie give peace a chance. it's hard to believe there was ever a time if that was true , maybe they were just pretending. in any case, they're now for it. violence iss their religion here and abroad. you're seeing it on display w right in front of you whether you've noticed or not in eastern europe. so rather than trying to save the civilian population easterng europe, joe biden is pushing w for a hot war against russiaar. in fact, he's already engaged

and i think the think that we have to think about, when justice alito or justice gorsuch or justice barrett says don't criticize the court, because you're undermining the legitimacy of the court and when you hear the court say don't impose ethics rules and standards on us, don't force us to have mini recusal rules, what they're saying is don't criticize the court, because you're undermining the court and i think your point here is so important, which is that the court is undermining the court, whether it's the shadow docket, as we said, the ethics violations, whether it's reaching out to take cases that are not before it, and there's a whole litany of things that the court has done, you know, really short amount of time, that it is horrifying, objectively, anybody who cares about the court, and maybe i'll just end with this, because i think it is really important. there is a nontrivial chance that the 2024 election goes to the court. and the idea that progressives and democrats want to undermine the court because they want the court to come down with a decision we can all ignore is chilling