33 past the hour. now to what may be the most important week for abortion rights in this country if decades. on wednesday, the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments over a 2015 mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, first big abortion case to come before the supreme court with its new conservative super majority. anti-abortion groups hope that the justices will use this case to undermine or overturn roe v. wade, the 1993 decision that bars states from banning abortions before the point a fetus could survive outside the womb. joining me to talk about this is barbara mcquade. she is co-host of the sisters-in-law podcast and an msnbc legal analyst.
then there are school districts across the country facing scenes like this on the regular. i m going to come for everybody! that comes at my kid with this stupid ridiculous mandate! we moe who you are. we know who you are. you can leave freely, but we will find you. we know who you are. you will never be allowed in public again. wow. joining me, jill winebanks, contributor and host of sisters in law podcast and frank miglusi. great to see you both. frank, what went through my mind as i watched those videos is that you and i often talk about chatter, about the things that are happening on the internet, on encrypted platforms, that the fbi is keeping their ear attuned to. now you are watching so much of
steve bannon and former chief of staff, mark meadows. joining our panel, jill wine-banks, co-host of the #sisters in law podcast. trump says he is going to cite executive privilege. can executive privilege extend to a post presidency? it can, if president biden invokes it. there is no evidence that president biden will. but a former president cannot invoke executive privilege. it belong to the office, and he s out of office. so, no, he can t. and none of his people can. they can invoke the fifth amendment if they are willing to take the political heat for admitting that they would be incriminating themselves. so eugene, part what have jill upped scores there is that some of this will come down to the way this white house responds to it. when it comes to the january 69:investigation, politico reports, where trump s doj
a new filing at the supreme court revealing abortion is not the only right conservatives want rolled back. they are now asking justices to reconsider lbgtq rights. in an amicus brief filed in the upcoming case involving mississippi s abortion ban, two lgbtq lawyers call protections as lawless as roe. two are former clerks for supreme court justices. one is the architect of the texas law placing bounties on abortion providers and anyone helping those who seek care. joining me now, la nonza butler, the brand-new president of emily s list and former watergate prosecutor, jill wine-banks. she s an msnbc contributor, and cohost of #the sisters-in-law podcast. this criticizes two key rulings on gay rights, arguing if roe is overturned, the supreme court
6th was an insurrection. what better way to continue downplaying that insurrection, which is what it was, than by getting rid of the most prominent republicans who actually admit that the insurrection happened. and now federal officials are worried that january 6th could potentially happen again. another rally at the capitol planned for september 18th. it s designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people who have been charged in connection with the january 6th insurrection. sources tell nbc affiliate in washington, d.c., that far right extremist groups are expected to attend. joining me now, barbara mcquade a former united states attorney for the eastern district of michigan and co-host of #sisters-in-law podcast. she s an nbc legal analyst. i want to talk about this september 18th thing. we re not sure what it is. it is an organized event. we certainly know the last organized event not everybody who had information about it took it seriously. what should we be thinking about now