high court speaks for now. the abortion drug mifepristone remains on the market after th supreme court blocked a ruling to toss aside its long-standin fda approval what now plus, trump back on trial. the civil rape case brought by journalists were e. jean carroll about to begin our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also the right wing guns and radicalization, there is a intersection between them. is this a factor in the rash o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, andrew lloy weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court since the conservative majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also
our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also - is a factor and the rush o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, and you would weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court says the conservativ majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also used t treat miscarriages was mad widely available in states where abortion access is legal as all this plays out in court since the dobbs decision las june, anti-abortion rights movement has set its sights on expanding abortion restriction across the country despite the policies being deeply unpopular the kaiser foundation foun that 65% of american disapproved
into effect. but right then and the nex sentence, he basically sai that he did not think that the harms that the doj and the drugmaker expressed what befal the nation if the ruling wen into effect. he said that he did not thin that those are important enoug for a stay he s tied to have it both ways in his dissent last night. what did you make of it the dissent was caustic the first thing i made out o it was how sarcastic and bitin it was, particularly with th use of stays that has been a tool of th conservatives in the corporate early during the trump presidency it s the rise of academics what the - the shadow docket, cases tha the supreme court decide without fully elaborated upo decisions, much less ora arguments. justice alito was basicall saying to the liberals, yo complain so many times, when w have granted stays, and here you are doing it again and a totally unjustifiabl situation.
the fact that justice thomas did not right. i think that there are multipl reasons why that might hav happened it might be that he just feels that he did not want to join alito s decision and was not i the mood to take a swing at th ultimate issue right now but also it is possible that h thinks he should step back a little, as he deals with his own controversies. but as for justice alito, think that what we saw was tha there was a line at the end of s opinion where he sort of wa a bit defensive and was like regardless of what other peopl might say about this, this i not a decision for me on merits, this isn t about whether i think about what the fda did was appropriate. it was just about this day this request from doj to kee has merrick s ruling from goin
but as for justice alito, think that what we saw was tha there was a line at the end of s opinion where he sort of wa a bit defensive and was like regardless of what other peopl might say about this, this i not a decision for me on merits, this isn t about whether i think about what the fda did was appropriate. it was just about this day this request from doj to kee has merrick s ruling from goin into effect. but right then indian accents, he basically said that he di not think that the harms tha the oj and think o laboratories, the drugmake express would be fought th nation if the ruling went into effect he said that he did not thin that those are important enoug for us they so, he s right t have it both ways in his dissent last night what did you make of it