hearing you talk and when we read these sections of the book, you yet a vision of what the country could have been like had, had a man like that been given a chance, had plessy not happened, had separate but equal never become the law of the land. i mean yeah. it s just, it s striking. and so tell us what happened to him at the end of his life after that really devastating supreme court decision. well, the rest of his life was certainly not, not a failure. we only got into that period of about 12 years when black rights were defended by the supreme court. you know, he rosemeadly to prominence rose immediately to h prominence at a time when, again, back votes were the difference between republicans winning and losing. ohio, which was the most important state at that time. so he was able to get for himself and others. he was able to play a role in creatinger a national african-american leadership with people like frederick douglass where there would be conventions e
constitutional right to abortion. states will now define abortion laws. and 13 states have abortion bans that were triggered into law by this morning s ruling. in all about half the states in this country are expected to implement abortion bans. it s a monumental victory for abortion opponents and conservatives. but many liberals and moderates fear that the court could target other landmark presidents like same-sex marriage and contraception. justice clarence thomas explicitly called for those cases to be revisited. he wrote today for that reason the future cases we should reconsider all this court s substantive due process including lawrence, griswold and obergefell. we have a duty to correct the error established in those precedents. cnn s jessica schneider is outside the supreme court, kaitlan collins at the white house. the president just spoke. he did not mince words saying this is a sad day for the court and country. what else did he say? reporter: he called it a sole
at risk. the people have won a victory. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. today starts an era of very, very, very big government where government that decides if you re going to have a baby or not. some days you get to celebrate and give thanks that you were alive when our prayers were finally answered, and the united states of america finally did the right thing. today is one of those days. it s unbelievable. i go between despair and anger. it s a heartbreaking betrayal of half of the country. you know, watching the women there, i get emotional. voters get to decide how they want to live. that s an extreme ideology that upsets the balance of power somehow? the right enshrined in the constitution as intimate as i any right you could imagine has been discarded and destroy by five unelected justices. the democrats are being dishonest about this decision. a desperate attempt to scare their voters into turning out ma
right to abortion. roe and casey are overturned. even chief justice roberts dissented from overturning roe, saying that the court was going too far. however, he decided with the conservatives on the case at hand, upholding mississippi 15-week abortion ban. of course, overturning roe would have an immediate impact on women across the country, particularly in 13 states with so-called trigger laws. those states have already banned abortion or will in the coming days and weeks. the institute estimates that in total, 26 states are certain or at the very least, quite likely, to ban abortions. the nationwide reaction has been immediate. thousands have gathered and and cities and towns across the country to protests. this was the scene outside the supreme court today. here is what it was like in nashville and in st. louis. justice in her dissent condemned the majority decision, arguing that, quote, from the very moment of fertilization, a woman has no rights to speak of. now, other
american women s constitutional right to abortion. justice samuel alito pending the majority opinion, joined by four other conservative justices, held that, quote, the constitution does not compare a right to abortion. roe and casey are overturned. even chief justice roberts dissented from overturning roe, saying that the court was going too far. however, he decided with the conservatives on the case at hand, upholding mississippi 15 -week abortion ban. of course, overturning roe would have an immediate impact on women across the country, particularly in 13 states with so-called trigger laws. those states have already banned abortion or will in the coming days and weeks. the institute estimates that in total, 26 states are certain or at the very least, quite likely, to ban abortions. the nationwide reaction has been immediate. thousands have gathered and and cities and towns across the country to protests. this was the scene outside the supreme court today. here is what it wa