high court speaks for now. the abortion drug mifepristone remains on the market after th supreme court blocked a ruling to toss aside its long-standin fda approval what now plus, trump back on trial. the civil rape case brought by journalists were e. jean carroll about to begin our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also the right wing guns and radicalization, there is a intersection between them. is this a factor in the rash o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, andrew lloy weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court since the conservative majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also
our legal experts will tal about what trump will say an if that matter, show up. also - is a factor and the rush o shootings across the country from the board room to broadway, our conversation with the firs latina actress to front a play by the legend, and you would weber. this is american voices. we begin this hour with th first major test for abortio rights in front of the supreme court says the conservativ majority overturned roe last summer on friday, the court temporarily blocked a decision by u.s. district judge matthew kacsmaryk, which throughout th fda longtime approval of mifepristone the drug, which is also used t treat miscarriages was mad widely available in states where abortion access is legal as all this plays out in court since the dobbs decision las june, anti-abortion rights movement has set its sights on expanding abortion restriction across the country despite the policies being deeply unpopular the kaiser foundation foun that 65% of american disapproved
they have become emboldened. they are looking for new legal ways to chip away access they are not backing down. in some respects, they ve already done that. we are all accepting tha mister president will only b available in states wher abortion is legal, and tha congress would have to act but here, congress has already acted. the food and drug cosmetic act allows the fda to make decisions about safety and efficacy we have accepted us let s ge to override that, that is question that we need to litigate and think there are over the next few years to, an there are two cases pendin right now, one in west virgini and north carolina that raised the issue, does the fd regulation of mr. mifepristone supersede or preempt contrar state laws that restrict acces to mifepristone. chris, new analysis from th new york times reads, quote, i his concurrence in dobbs, chie justice john roberts said that the majority had a bande principles of judicial restraint at the cost of a serious jolt to the le
he could. right now, that case is coming back, as you noted, it s going back to the second circuit court of appeals, but in front of the same judge. the case that we re about to try, it s not about trump firstdenial of carrolls claims when he was at the white house it s about him reiterating those denials after hi presidency ended that s meaningful because, as president, you might hav certain federal protection from defamation lawsuits because you are a federa official when you re no longer a federa official, you no longer have the trappings of the office, you are an ordinary citizen as far as definition is concerned that s where trump got himself into trouble as october on the eve of his deposition, on th day of a better ruling in th case, he just exploded ove true social and said all the same things again about e. jea carroll. and we have 30 seconds left my team will be very annoyed with me. i had to ask you, because this is interesting the mention of e. jean carroll s age by t
accuses former president trump heads to trial this tuesday, i is still a mystery if trum himself will show up carol accuses trump of rapin her nearly 30 years ago, sai he defamed her when she came forward with that allegation cars attorney said that she ll take the stand trump, meanwhile, asking the judge to inform the jury, he i quote, excused from attending. team trump says he wants t save new york city a traffic headache, as if anything could cairo s lawyers did not plan t call him as a witness. the judge refused trump requests, saying the jury ca draw its own conclusions as to why he s not there, should h not show if he does, it s likely that h will testify in his ow defense. lisa rubin is back with us so his team says that he wil decide mid trial whether or no he will show up. talk to me about that as a legal strategy it s an odd legal strategy, particularly when the judge ha ordered both parties did tel them by a certain date whether they will show up. that order is really roo