up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow it was february 23rd of las year, russia was on the brin of invading ukraine th midterms were just beginning t kick into high gear. and this story broke in the ne york times two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan da s office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so that story now feels like it came from an alternate universe manhattan da bragg is now th first prosecutor to brin charges against former president over an alleged hush money scheme around the 2016 election so this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid t take on donald trump, well that picture doesn t seem to fit the bill anymore for weeks alvin bragg has been the victim of an onslaught slo of attacks on republicans, all eager to defend trump s. they ve used antisemitism an racist d
how do you see this playing out? it could be the case that this ruling from judge matthew because merrick is so an principled and lawless and frankly so not smart that even the fifth circuit can t hold its nose and deferment so that s one option they could simply say this ruling is completely and principled and they coul invalidated. they could also uphold the ruling they could also do nothing right? they could pause the rulin while the appeal is pending. but either way, whatever the outcome, i think we know where this goes next that s to the united state supreme court. so this circuit is just an intermediary way station on th way, and the real questionhere is the landscape of chaos an confusion be heard from around the country, doctors who don t know what is possible, whether they can prescribe medicatio abortion we have heard about states stockpiling mifepristone stockpiling misoprostol. this seems like a soviet red line for anyone who is in need o
to press stone throws the part into such an extraordinary - not just on the subject of abortion but on the basi principles of the government being able to regulate drugs do you think there is any hope that republicans will voice an doubt about whether this law should suit should go through? well, i will say this. th off the wall la la decision by this, i mean, as a lawyer, reading the opinion, it is jaw-dropping that when you rea the opinion because he blows u on the most conservative tenants of a rule of law i america, like standing, like timeliness, like exhaustion of administrative remedies. these are all very conservativ principles that have been blow up in the political name o trying to limit abortion everywhere. and, by the way, the hypocrisy there, i mean, remember after dobbs when al the republicans that we want the states to decide? no the don t. no they don t. this texas decision is in fact lawsuit. really masquerading for a political desire t outlaw abortions everywhere. a