jacqui. supreme court watch as we wait for the court to issue new rulings any moment with 19 cases from the current term still undecided. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom i m jacqui. and start this friday morning with you, it could be a busy hour, i m sandra smith, the court issued opinions in four cases yesterday, none were the big ones we were watching for. what we are watching for includes former president trump s claim of presidential immunity. shielding him from prosecution for actions taken while in office. the use of an obstruction law against some of the january 6th rioters and the biden administration s influence over social media content. also on the docket, fisherman are fighting administrative powers of unregulated, whether federal law can override state abortion restrictions forcing hospitals to perform abortions if there is an emergency. our legal team is standing by, shannon bream, along with jonathan tourly, andy mccarthy, shannon ou
nancy northrop and msnbc legal analyst maya wiley. chief justice john roberts, those are super strong words from him. right, and he joined with the court s three liberals in saying the lawsuit should have been able to go ahead against court clerks and the texas attorney general. step back a little bit. what was this case not about? it was not about the right to abortion. it really wasn t also about whether the texas law should be struck down. the only question here is whether lawsuits can proceed against the law in federal court in texas. and yes, the supreme court said it left the door narrowly open to go ahead with those lawsuits. but by narrowing, grieving some of the depriving ammunition these groups can have, in some sense tying their hands behind their back, it will make it more difficult to prevail in federal court. the vote was 8-1, justice thomas