right now, two weeks of seismic supreme court decision starting with a reversal a federal abortion rights have left america s political fault lines even deeper. on one side of the divide are blue states racing to codify abortion rights and offer safe haven to women who may now have to cross state lines for the procedure on the other side. on the other side are mostly red states that have already seized upon this moment to ban abortion with some conservative lawmakers in those states contemplating punishment for those that seek the procedure elsewhere. if not just an outright national ban. of course, rose reversal was just one ruling of the court s conservative majority. it has also issued a full slate of decisions on guns, the environment and voting rights. that illustrate just how conservative the supreme court usually is. by all accounts will be for sometime. is america being remade by the rulings? that is the big question on politicsnation. and another big question, just h
over the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: celebration and outrage across the nation as the supreme court strikes down roe v wade. [chanting] throw them out! throw them out! will: protesters take to the street or some lawmakers call the court a legitimate. rachel: alexandria, what is the latest? reporter: all is quiet as of this morning. we see a lot of extra security outside the supreme court steps, we had this barrier up for quite some time but we expect crowds to grow later today. an american flag was burned as the crowd grew as the night went on. anger and sadness after the supreme court removed the protections drove v wade granted women seeking abortions nationwide. joy and gratitude spilled out of p
Political observers were not surprised Tuesday (April 11) when Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced that he will not seek re-election. In a state where former President Donald Trump is still revered by a large number of voters, overseeing elections as a living, breathing moderate Republican just isn’t easy. Ardoin will have served five years […]
misconduct, police killings over the last several months. how do you react to now to what is happening in ohio? horrific. it is horrible to see yet another young black man shot down like a hunted animal. louisiana asked for privacy and practice investigation after the apparent cover-up of the ronald green case. yet, here we go again. another case in another part of our country where a black man is shot multiple times like a vero chastain along the street. listen, we are trying to do something in washington. we have passed the, act to make sure that george floyd will never be just another name. it now waits on action in u.s. senate. we codified roe v. wade to make it a law. it sits in waste in the u.s. senate. we have to make sure that
u.s. congress, but unfortunately, the votes aren t there in louisiana legislature. congressman, i want your response to another of the supreme court s decisions this week, to reinstate your states republicans drawing the congressional map. previously halted by a federal appeals court decision that found the map to be racially biased, in violation of the voting rights act. the supreme court s decision also blocks of the lower courts ruling that our second majority black district need be drawn in louisiana with november midterms elections looming, any idea about this, congressman? we are missing basic math. the supreme court is missing basic math. if you look at simple math, americans may we have six members of congress, i happen to be the only african