a very important case involving reproductive rights, absentee ballot drop boxes. talk to us about the significance of this ideological shift on the court and the time it is happening in. for the last 15 years, wisconsin has had a supreme court that essentially was a rubberstamp for the wishes of conservative makeup donors, think winning the biggest republican donors in the country. liz and dick he lied, bankrolling to stop the steal. whatever they want when our state supreme court. you read the rulings like when they banned dropbox s in wisconsin. it looked like it was ripped out of the daily collar then the court. now, that will change because of this voter uprising, especially because of the attacks on democracy, even more than that, because up the abortion ban. the republicans have insisted on living in a place before [inaudible] state of wisconsin. this voter uprising that to 11 point landslide this april. now, this last week, our state
rubberstamp for the wishes of conservative makeup donors, think winning the biggest republican donors in the country. liz and dick he lied, bankrolling to stop the steal. whatever they want when our state supreme court. you read the rulings like when they banned dropbox s in wisconsin. it looked like it was ripped out of the daily collar then the court. now, that will change because of this voter uprising, especially because of the attacks on democracy, even more than that, because up the abortion ban. the republicans have insisted on living in a place before [inaudible] state of wisconsin. this voter uprising that to 11 point landslide this april. now, this last week, our state supreme court justice janet was sworn in and there s already a lawsuit before the state
reelection run, no less, the politics just got a little messier. it s giving republicans a new reason to keep pounding on their investigations, and to cry foul over the alleged sweetheart deal that the president s son, allegedly, received. now, i want to begin by bringing in former justice department prosecutor joseph moreno, former trump white house associate counsel, may mail-in cnn political commentator maria cardona, and former republican congressman charlie dent. joseph, i want to start with you, because i think this is so confusing, for the average person. usually, you think, it s a plea deal, they ve hammered it out in advance, they go into the court. it gets more or less rubberstamp, and they go about your business. that did not happen today. why did this fall apart? but really, why did it fall apart now? well, you know, abby, it s funny. because if there was one lesson i was told as a junior prosecutor it was, have your ducks in a row before you get before a judge. and for t
elections have consequences. what has changed, it is composition of the court. i want to go ahead and put up, again, we have already discussed some the dissent. she had said today, the court for the first time in its history grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of tech to class. i know the decision just came down and you are still digesting it but are you are ready think about what the implications of this could mean? i think the decision was very careful, it is important to remember, this is not a rubberstamp on anyone, this is limited to freelancers. it gives us a few examples of the kind of folks that this applies to but it does not apply to every business that opens its doors. even though the businesses it
and we had to see the full fulsome reporting on this. issue but let s not forget about merrick garland, the attorney general united states. jack smith is the special counsel, he has authority to make prosecutorial decisions, and declination. but in this statute, he will have to go to merrick garland, the attorney general, with this information. attorney general merrick garland has the option to either agree with the decision, or decide against that. at which point, speaker mccarthy and congress will have to be informed about that decision. so, this is not any talking point that suggests that there is somehow, for pretoria praetorian guard is the i would really doubt that merrick garland would look at this case and say, you know what jack smith, i will not follow your suggestions based on all that you have seen. that s going to be the next frontier of the talking point, to suggest that he s just a rubberstamp.