out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
opportunities where i have gon up to him and talked him, give him myself phone number, asked him to reach out to me there has been events in m district that i wa specifically told i could no be part of the press conference and told him to go stand in th corner was not allowed to be participating in that when h was in my district so, you can t win friends an influence people that way, especially in the politica realm. so, i guess my question t you, matthew is these congressman, no one putting a gun to your head right now and say, hey, indoor i think politicians, the republican party, ultimately will have to make decisions. everyone will make decisions about who they endorse but this is so early on in the game that i m surprised more are not saying, hey, let s wai and see if ron can get thi momentum going and we can ge some steam behind him. is this all because ro desantis just is not all goo at retail politics or is it because the pull of donald trump on th consequences of goin
influence people that way, especially in the politica realm. so, i guess my question t you, matthew is these congressman, no one putting a gun to your head right now and say, hey, indoor i think politicians, the republican party, ultimately will have to make decisions. everyone will make decisions about who they endorse but this is so early on in the game that i m surprised more are not saying, hey, let s wai and see if ron can get thi momentum going and we can ge some steam behind him. is this all because ro desantis just is not all goo at retail politics or is it because the pull of donald trump on th consequences of going agains him, potentially, are so grave well, i think it s combination of both thos things i think it s a combination o number one, donald trump - you are not dealing with a rational actor, right? so, a rational actor would b like, okay, i understand, want you with me but i understand, you can join me whenever i win a primary or something. that would be a ra