abortion as much as he seemed interested in protecting the right to bear arms. let me explain what i mean. is that this law, as you mentioned, allows citizens anywhere, anywhere in the united states, to sue an abortion clinic in texas for conducting an abortion after about six weeks. what justice kavanaugh asked the lawyer for texas was, well, let s say a state like new york, a liberal state, says that anyone in the united states can sue a gun manufacturer or a gun dealer for a crime that was committed in new york. would that be permissible under your understanding of the structure of this law? and the texas lawyer said yes. and that clearly concerned justice kavanaugh because, you know, this structure is so freewheeling that it really invites states to make laws that we ve never seen in this
abortion under viability. 15 weeks is clearly unviable. if they uphold the mississippi law, roe v. wade is no longer the law of the land. senator davis, what do you think the justices will do on the mississippi case? i think based on what we know of the history of these new trump appointees to the court and, of course, justice alito and justice thomas, it s very likely that they ll take a hostile position to roe v. wade and find a way to uphold this mississippi law even if that means that they will hold the structure of roe in place. i think essentially they ll be gutting its viability standard as jeffrey mentioned, and it s very likely that we re going to see an extreme rollback if not a complete rollback of abortion in states where states are hostile to that constitutional right.
country, and that s what justices kavanaugh and barrett seem concerned about as well as the four justices, the three liberals plus the chief justice who have already voted that this law should not go into effect. senator davis, as jeff mentioned, justice kagan warned that the texas abortion law could also lead other states to pass new laws on not only guns, same-sex marriage, religious rights. do you think that could actually appeal to both liberals and conservatives? i think it can because as jeffrey pointed out, it applies equally across the board. and basically would allow states to provide citizen enforcement authority to override constitutional authority. and as the u.s. solicitor general said today, we can t allow the constitution to be that fragile, and we cannot allow laws that are going to usurp essentially the court s
abortion rights. the supreme court is going to hear arguments from the state of texas and the doj over the state s ban on abortions after six weeks. and one week later, arguments on a separate mississippi law will be heard. and now we have learned arkansas is likely to be the first state to pass a bill mirroring the texas ban. abortion rights advocates across the country have not faced this serious and this many threats since their cause began. i m joined now by arkansas state representative denise emmett and emily wales. welcome to you both, ladies. thank you both for joining us. emily, i ll start with you and i want to read justice sotomayor s dissent, of course, to the texas six-week ban that will be standing until they hear arguments and make a decision subsequently in the supreme court. and she wrote this. the promise of future adjudication offers cold comfort for texas women seeking abortion care who are entitled to relief now. you can t help but think and
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