temporarily blocked almost total ban on abortions in state of texas. tonight s decision follows a challenge brought by the biden administration filed after the supreme court quietly allowed the texas law to go into effect. in his 113 page ruling, u.s. district judge robert pittman wrote quote, a person s right under the constitution to choose to obtain an abortion prior to fetal viability is established. depriving its citizens of this right would be unconstitutional and the state contrived to do just that. texas has appealed this order to one of the most conservative appellate courts. also we re hours from a major deadline in the house investigation into the 1/6 riot and insurrection.
the state of michigan in the city of detroit, contended that federal judge, that be unjust dismissing the case, the lawyers you brought that case should actually be punished. for trying to use the court system, to advance a kind of fraud. what detroit s in the state of michigan told the court was this. the plane is filed this litigation for improper purpose, it was never about winning on the merits of the claims, but rather the plaintiffs purpose was to undermine the integrity of the election results. and the peoples trust in the electoral process and government. the filing of litigation for that purpose is clearly an abuse of the judicial process. and it warns the imposition of sanctions. meeting sanctions for the lawyers. this is been spoiling out over a period of months. tonight in a very readable frankly riveting, hundred and ten page ruling, a ruling that nbc justice correspondent pete williams calls, blistering, the
if they want to consider an article of impeachment based on mcgahn s testimony, you don t need the live testimony. there s no rule saying that. in the clinton impeachment, they impeached based on the star report. they didn t call in live witnesses. if you win and get him to testify and it s way down the line. i may take issue with your reasoning. jeffrey toobin pointed out it s no guarantee a stay is issued here. a stay you need a reasonable likelihood the decision will be overturned. that may not exist here in regard to just showing up to testify. just showing up to testify is what the judge ruled. i like that. and i would say- i was going to give you the win, but go on. how can it be a win for the white house if a judge in a 120 page ruling outlines in meticulous detail how the legal reasoning you are using is wrong? because if don mcgahn never testifies, it s a win. don mcgahn wasn t testifying already. this might give impeachment
sort of loudly making statements that make people angry on purpose, essentially, is what people desire more than trump s actual endorsement of strange who is a much more traditional candidate. and many people at the rally, according to reporting the other night, were pro moore but there to see trump. so get the best out of them, and they get to see trump in their hometown. so i would not be surprised. i was reading a hot air blog, and he said the reason why trump picks strange over moore is that strange will vote however donald trump wants him to vote. and roy moore will be more independent. for instance if president trump nominates a supreme court justice who does not commit to overturning the same sex more age ruling, judge moore, it s easily imagined him voting against that nominee and luther strange would never do that.
determines substance it, the courts determine procedure. shifting the burden of proof is procedural. those courts argument. no doubt anticipating a lot of pushback. you heard some from philip. heard other places. you re hearing a lot of it. it just happened yesterday. it s a 14 page ruling, really justifying why the court came to the decision that it did. we still have this law in florida. determining how it moves forward, obviously, that will be through the court and not legislature. molly: and it does not matter in these issues. such a hot button topic. florida governor signed the legislation. backed by the national rifle association. florida legislatures but this is said by jeb bush back in 2015 in the wake of the zimmerman trial. in florida, you can defend yourself anywhere you have a legal right to be. in florida, you can defend yourself anywhere you a legal right to be.