is, you know, this law doesn t really this procedure stuff doesn t matter because in a couple months, we are going to get rid of all restrictions on abortion. so, that s ti that s really where things appear to be heading. and the procedural niceties here will be forgotten by that point. senator davis, could i mean, if what you said is, you know, true about then this basically could impact states ignoring federal laws, ignoring the constitution, and making up their own rules. could you see this decision backfiring on this conservative court, for example, a state like new york passing or some liberal state passing a similar law on gun rights? if there was consistency with these five justices, i could see that this would create a problem. my concern is when you read this opinion, it is so contorted that i can see them wiggling around it and allowing some sort of
adoption. it was an amazing moment to me. whenever there s been a supreme court vacancy in recent years, we always end up talking a lot about pro-choice republican senator susan collins. i want to play what she said back in 2018 when now-justice kavanaugh was up for confirmation. we talked about whether he considered roe to be settled 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 stare decisis are and whether settled law actually is something the court should adhere to and he has written out a number of qualifications or criteria by which he believes that we can
leave it up to the voters. leave let the voters decide whether we should ban abortion or allow abortion, so that the constitution would be neutral. that s what he meant by neutrality. the problem with that is, in our 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
a potentially historic day in the supreme court today. justices heard arguments on mississippi s new law that bans abortion 15 weeks into a pregnancy, long before the viability line set by a prior precedent of around 24 weeks. the 6-3 conservative majority of the supreme court appears poised to uphold the ban. chief justice john roberts said mississippi s limit of 15 weeks was not a, quote, dramatic departure from viability. other conservatives on the court like justice brett kavanagh appear to be leaning that way as well. if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, if that, why then doesn t the history of this court s practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is actually the return to the position of neutrality. meanwhile, texas s ban on abortions after six weeks remains in place until the justices issue a ruling that may not come until next summer. i want to discuss the high stakes with former texas state senator wendy davis and cnn chief l
was not a quote dramatic departure from viability. others on the court, like justice brett kavanaugh, appear to be leaning that way as well. if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, if that, why then doesn t the history of this court s practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is actually the return to the position of neutrality. meanwhile, texas s ban on aabortions after six weeks remains in place until justices issue a ruling that may not come until next summer. wendy davis and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. senator davis, i m wondering what your impressions were after hearing aurpt arguments today? you know, anderson, when when the hearing began, i went into it feeling like we probably were going to learn that a majority of the justices were leaning toward upholding that