more cases like this going forward? well, the bigger picture here is not so much these protections but is there going to be a sentiment to whittle away that landmark opinion that cleared the way for gay marriage nationwide? and that is the fear here. that is why they re worried about this particular court. when clarence thomas, justice thomas did mention as well as the contraception ruling, and those are things the president has also tried to seize on when they handed down the dobbs decision is when clarence thomas mentioned those. and the president s tried to seize on that and is going to continue to talk about this overall level of privacy that he says is being infringed upon. it s such a great point. as you look in those decisions for other cases they mention as a possible sentence for next time around. and part of thestition is the precedent this sets particularly the ones on lgbtq rights, and we ve been speaking to different advocates of that community
gun. the court agreed with the challenge that the federal law banning that group of people from owning weapons is unconstitutional. explain this for us first of all, that is a very conservative federal appeals court and it s made more conservative because of former president trump s nominees as you said what the court did is in validated this law that blocked a person under a restraining order for domestic violence from possessing a handgun. but here s what was really critical. they based their entire opinion on a landmark opinion that we had at the supreme court last term, and in that opinion, the justices basically told lawyer courts they had to change the frame work about how they evaluate gun regulations, they said going forward they had to look toward america s history and american tradition when seeing if a law passes muster, so this federal appeals court
attorney general merrick garland was quick last night to release a statement, a lengthy statement. he said he peeled but he also said nearly 30 years ago congress determined a person subject to a court order that restrains him or her from threatening an intimate partner or child cannot lawfully possess a firearm. that statute is constitutional. so now garland has said he s going to appeal. he can go back to the fifth circuit to a larger panel of judges, but that court is so conservative he might have better luck going straight back to the supreme court. of course, this all comes, as you said, as numbers for domestic violence and gun violence in general are skyrocketing and it puts the supreme court in a little bit of a quandary because usually when they issue a landmark opinion they want it to percolate for a few years so that the lower courts can really digest t but
abortion legal nationwide for every woman a girl in this country. this is a glorious day the day we ve been waiting almost 50 years for and were very excited. some celebrating another people grieving. today there are pride events all across the country in new york city many of the conversations will still be focused on this landmark decision. alexis mcadams, thank you. lawmakers on both sides of the federal and state levels work on the next legislative steps following the landmark opinion on roe v. wade. more major decisions are on the horizon as the courts turn comes to a close. lucas thomaston in washington with more on that. shannon is going to have another busy week, more opinions from the supreme court starting at 10:00 a.m. more expected later in the week. we don t know when the courts stay will be. this is a live look at the supreme court coming up soon
reporter aryan da vogue. there is so much at stake as the judges take up this mississippi law that makes it practically impossible to get an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in that state. unlike cases in the past, the state here has been just completely transparent. they are being honest about their effort to get roe overturned. they re not trying to hide the ball. right, this is the most important abortion case this court has heard in decades, as you said. mississippi is asking to overturn roe v. wade, that landmark opinion that legalized abortion nationwide. and, of course, what the justices will hear this morning is this mississippi law with that 15-week cut off. and the reason that 15-week is so important is because supreme court precedent says that a state can t step in until after viability, which is usually around 23 or 24 weeks. so that s where the lower courts