law. he said that he agreed with what justice roberts said at his nomination hearing, in which he said that it was settled law. senator davis, sure didn t sound that way today, did he? no, he absolutely didn t. and in fact, he s taken great pains to sort of forecast what his feelings about stairi decisis are and whether settled law are something the court should adhere to and he has written out a number of qualifications or criteria by which he believes that we can overturn settled law. even something as settled as, of course, roe v. wade has been for the last few decades in this country. wendy davis, jeffrey toobin, appreciate it. thank you. fight over reproductive rights, so is the battle over gun
when you switch to the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses. or get started with internet and voice for $64.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee. give your business the gift of savings today. comcast business. powering possibilities. roe v. wade has been set a law since 1973. it was reaffirmed in 1992 in the case of planned parenthood v. kasie. a potential historic day in the supreme court today. justices heard arguments on mississippi s new law that bans abortion 15 weeks in a pregnancy, long before the viability line set by a prior precedent of around 24 weeks. chief justice john roberts said mississippi s limit of 15 weeks
system, the constitution is not supposed to be up for election every two years in state legislatures. the constitution says we have freedom of religion, regardless of what the legislature does and that s that s the core of the dispute about roe v. wade. senator davis, what kind of an impact do you think the mississippi law and the arguments today of the court would have on the law in your home state of texas that effectively banned abortions at six weeks? i mean, the mississippi law obviously would be a better situation than texas finds itself in today. but as i said a minute ago, i really don t think that s where we re going to wind up. i think we are going to see an absolute overturning of roe v. wade and we already know what that looks like essentially in texas with the six-week ban that s been in place since september the 1st. um, i was surprised actually when the court handed down some rulings a week ago, and texas
15-week ban. but otherwise, leaving the protections of roe in place. and i have to say after listening to the arguments today, i am much more concerned that roe is actually going to be completely gutted with a return to state law directing what will happen for women s reproductive freedom going forward. and, jeff, i mean, do you agree with senator davis on that? boy, i sure do. anderson, i have been to a lot of supreme court arguments, i have listened to a lot of supreme court arguments. i have never heard one where the stakes were clearer and the tension was greater. even though i wasn t you know, i could only listen by audio because the courtroom is still closed, largely because of covid. you know, everyone understood in that courtroom that roe v. wade was was on the line. and, you know, the three liberals talked about the prec precedent but i thought that quote you read from from
francisco and larks are taking advantage of this. it complicated what happened in california but not that complicated. the richest people in the state, the people with the most privilege did the most to destroy it and make it completely miserable and untenable for people who can t protect themselves. exactly what happened. and, again, you re seeing the pictures on the screen right now, none of them has apologized for it. and every one of them should. the supreme court today heard arguments in an abortion case that has potential implications for row v. wade. it s impossible to find rational commentary about this case. we went to msnbc, we try not to, but we did for your sake today. here s the legal analysis of the case. watch. this is exactly what a society that is against women looks like. and sadly, listen, we are not too far away from becoming gilead2.0. it s month 50-11 of the pandemic and women are still losing their jobs, dropping out of the workforce by the hundreds of