it s confusing. justice samuel alito said this issue is going back to states. we know that 26 states will soon, if they haven t already banned abortion. some of those states had these laws on the books before roe. those went back into effect. others has trigger laws. laws that would be triggered to go into effect if roe were to go down. each state, the trigger law goes into effect at a different time. that s why we re seeing confusion nationwide. there s one other fascinate thing going on. just a couple of hours ago, planned parenthood staid it was going to state court in utah because it was going to challenge utah s trigger law by saying that it violated the state s constitution. the reason i keep emphasizes the word state is this is no longer in the federal arena. e everything is happening in the state and that will be a big lawsuit to watch. it s really changing the legal terrain. that is fascinating. wh a twist. what let s take a look at that. i do not have a positi
and shorts, he spoke clearly. there were a few times he stumbled, paused, or mixed up words. his health remains an issue in the campaign. his doctor put out a letter a few days ago said he is recovering well. before arrival, president biden spoke to reporters at the white house to defend his time on the campaign trail with less than three weeks until the mid terms. owe respond to his question about lack of campaign stops with candidates. there haven t been that many candidates campaigning with you. that s not true. there are like 15. count. okay. are there going to be even more? yeah. moments later, the presidents with asked about abortion and its role in the mid terms. take a look. do you have any opinion on the abortion at all? roe ve wade. read it, man, you ll get educated. joining me now, political
it s confusing. justice samuel alito said this issue is going back to states. we know that 26 states will soon, if they haven t already banned abortion. some of those states had these laws on the books before roe. those went back into effect. others has trigger laws. laws that would be triggered to go into effect if roe were to go down. each state, the trigger law goes into effect at a different time. that s why we re seeing confusion nationwide. there s one other fascinate thing going on. just a couple of hours ago, planned parenthood staid it was going to state court in utah because it was going to challenge utah s trigger law by saying that it violated the state s constitution. the reason i keep emphasizes the word state is this is no longer in the federal arena. e everything is happening in the state and that will be a big lawsuit to watch. it s really changing the legal terrain. that is fascinating.
wh a twist. what let s take a look at that. i do not have a position to sh share with you here today whether or not that case was properly decided. the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in in case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion. it should make its decisions based on constitution and the law. that s the law of the land. i accept the law of the land, senator, yes. as a judge, it is an important precedent of the supreme court. by it, i mean roe ve wade and planned parenthoods versus casey. that s case that s litigated. its contours come up again and do come up. several lawmakers have said they have felt misled by