that people were giving their opinions? you know they did not read it. you know nancy pelosi did not read this. yet she came out and made a poisonous statement filled with lies intended to provoke because the democratic party has had an entire plan of e-mails, get out the vote, grassroots operations, protest, many on commercials. you see that play out in anticipation of this decision that was leaked from a liberal clerk on the supreme court that i would argue. and incredibly important decision. why? because it is a constitutional decision that recognizes a court and accepts the fact it is not all-powerful. one of the great things about press washington lies he decided he would not be king. he could have been. he said no. i will follow the constitution. the activist on the court who lobby the court to basically turn the supreme court into a super left-wing legislature as a backstop to congress and the president and the bureaucracy. even if the left loses elections it cannot lo
as the decision was issued that people were giving their opinions? you know they did not read it. you know nancy pelosi did not read this. yet she came out and made a poisonous statement filled with lies intended to provoke because the democratic party has had an entire plan of e-mails, get out the vote, grassroots operations, protest, many on commercials. you see that play out in anticipation of this decision that was leaked from a liberal clerk on the supreme court that i would argue. and incredibly important decision. why? because it is a constitutional decision that recognizes a court and accepts the fact it is not all-powerful. one of the great things about press washington lies he decided he would not be king. he could have been. he said no. i will follow the constitution. the activist on the court who lobby the court to basically turn the supreme court into a super left-wing legislature as a backstop to congress and the president and the bureaucracy. even if the left l
access, is america exceptional? we will look at reproductive rights. all that with two top journalists. then president biden is in germany today for the meeting of the g7. will the world s advanced economies ramp up pressure on russia? will it work? israel s government collapses. what does that mean for the country, the region, and for bb netanyahu? finally, a seismic shift in french politics. president macron s centrist party loses its parliamentary majority but the far right and left make electoral gains. why is this happening? just who are these voters embracing the extremes? first, here is my take. american democracy has been under stress for sometime now. trust in its institutions is near the lowest on record. when we say this we usually mean congress and the presidency. the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade has brought the public s confidence in the court to an all time low and puts it in the same category as the others defined bipartisanship and polarization. the
will it work? israel s government collapses. what does that mean for the country, the region, and for bb netanyahu? finally, a seismic shift in french politics. president macron s centrist party loses its parliamentary majority but the far right and left make electoral gains. why is this happening? just who are these voters embracing the extremes? first, here is my take. american democracy has been under stress for sometime now. trust in its institutions is near the lowest on record. when we say this we usually mean congress and the presidency. the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade has brought the public s confidence in the court to an all time low and puts it in the same category as the others defined bipartisanship and polarization. the court s decisions this week are not conservative. they are radical. one of the time honored conservative doctrines has been a respect for precedent. and yet in two days the court swept aside a right that for half a century american jur
and mitch mcconnell, welcome the ruling saying it s a victory for the unborn. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so, and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws, which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. chanting: life won today! life won today , they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 years. the devastation a