unfortunately, are getting so disgusted with the hyper partisanship. especially the white nationalist hyperpartisan ship of the supreme court. it s actually turning them off and it s our job to help assure them and put them in the center of their own democracy. neil, we re out of time, but i want to give you an opportunity to give us some final thoughts on the legal stuff that is presented by this alito opinion. what should we be paying attention to as we wind our way to the end of the court s term? it s not just the bottom line that roe v. wade is overturned, it had i got there. the alito draft has this historical ridiculous test that he ll turn back the clock and threaten everything from gamers to contraception laws to possibly even brown versus board of education. we ll probably flank their test. this is the result of a radical move by mitch mcconnell and others, who monkeys with the court, and the fruits of that are now, unfortunately, starting to be seen by the
almost every religion as the public religion research institute pointed out in a new release this week, white evangelical christians are the only major religious group at this point in which a majority says abortion should be illegal in most circumstances. that s a very powerful constituency inside the republican party, and you know, it s not only abortion as i think many people have pointed out, despite the language to the contrary in the alito draft, once you say there is no right to privacy, there are other decisions. interracial marriage, same-sex marriage, contraception at risk. and more broadly, don, the supreme court republican majority has hung out a shingle encouraging red states to challenge any precedent that conservatives don t like. today the governor of texas greg abbott said he wants to revisit the 1982 decision that requires states to provide public education to the children of
or thoughts that perhaps there is a different outcome possible still? because it s such an unprecedented situation we have very little to compare it to, which is to say other than clerks who are famously secretive, there s very little we know about what would happen between the first draft in february and what i was just discussing here, what comes out next month, whether this could somehow be refined, changed or if they lost one of the five there could be a different plurality make-up. given your long time work on the issues what do you see as possible? is the alito draft something you re bracing for or is something possible? the alito draft is what we re bracing for and here s why. they are concerned with power. they believe they have the power to simply push this through. look, it s not that different from the january 6th invasion of the united states capitol, right? trump and many people in his campaign believed they had the power to push this through. they thought mike pence was
basic humanity of women, of transgender people, of nonbinary people, of anyone who can become pregnant, no awareness that we are actual fully realized human beings. it is a it is a overwhelming document in that sense. as soon as this leak occurred it went off like a real bombshell. in washington there was tremendous focus as well on who may have done the leaking and what that does to the court. our initial coverage on the beat last night we didn t really focus on that because the impact around the country to people seems quite a bit larger although that s a separate and notable issue. as you ve been able to digest this year in these organizations that work on these organizations over the course of more than a day, is there a view the alito draft is essentially what s going to happen? is there any concern, indication
opportunities to women within that state. they would have to travel elsewhere. 50 state. they would have to travel elsewhere- state. they would have to travel elsewhere. ., ., elsewhere. so what you have said there is if this elsewhere. so what you have said there is if this decision elsewhere. so what you have said there is if this decision is - elsewhere. so what you have said there is if this decision is made, l there is if this decision is made, if it is confirmed, i think it is next month if it is, would that make abortion illegal everywhere? what would it mean for each state? do they have to abide by that final decision? i they have to abide by that final decision? ., . they have to abide by that final decision? ~ ., , they have to abide by that final decision? ~ . , , , decision? i think what this is is that roe v decision? i think what this is is that roe v wade decision? i think what this is is that roe v wade is decision? i think what this is is that roe v wade is