good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
legitimacy of the court righ now in the eyes of the america people absolutely, you know, i wen back to california, and looked, right after a hotl contested election, if you recall, the u.s. supreme court was trusted by 74% of th public just this past september, they took the same poll, and it turns they re only supported by, only trusted by 47%, meaning democrats, republicans independents do no overwhelmingly trust the supreme court. that is something that justice roberts has to take care of. susan del percio and juanit tolliver, thank you both for joining us coming up house republicans continue their attacks on manhattan district attorney alvin brag after former president trump s arraignment. we ll talk to a democrat on th judiciary committee, next.
testimony and documents from bragg s senior counsel, as the gop continues to claim the prosecution of trump has bee politicized. joining me now is maryland congressman glenn ivey, former states attorney thank you for joining us m today. congressman, is it on th judiciary committee. what is your view of chairma jordan targeting da alvin brag who s already been the recipient of numerous deat threats directed at him and hi family i thought republicans were supposed to be a party of la and order. not anymore, apparently you know, i ve stated that already, and many of m colleagues have as well, it just looks like a naked attemp to try to intimidate the da. today s brett credit, he s strong, continuing to move forward with the case. and he sent a letter back to you know, a republicans, basically stating that h