justice clarence thomas where he writes, quote, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this court s substantive due process precedents, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefell. he is talking about reconsidering decisions on gay rights and the right to contraception. joining me now inside the growing protests, nbc s julia ainsley. josh letterman is at the white house where the president just spoke and barbara mcquaid former u.s. attorney and msnbc analyst. julia, i ve watched the crowd grow bigger by the minute. what is it like there and what is the mood? what are people telling you? reporter: well, here, chris, if you saw that, what we got from the leak just a few weeks ago would take any steam or pressure off this situation when the final decision came you would be wrong. i was there that day. it is even more fraught today. we re seeing a lot of intense emotions. some women are crying. people who had an abortion and some people who feel directly, personally viol
as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
schneider live at the supreme court with this breaking news coming in. jessica, tell us more about this latest ruling on religious liberty. reporter: this is another decision from this court that has the effect here of eroding the barrier between church and state. the court in a 6-3 decision saying a school s concerns about coercion of students and its desires to keep its public school free from these outward displays of religion, the court saying that s outweighed by a coach s free speech rights. the court said they really viewed the coach s speech on the 50-yard line where he played as personal and private speech and they likened it to a phone call on school grounds or checking email. but the dissent here, interestingly, included a picture of just how much of a public spectacle this had become with the coach being crowded by the students as he prayed. the coach had been litigating this for years. he lost repeatedly in the lower courts. coach kennedy just released a statem
one-on-one with vice president kamala harris. her take as such a pivotal decision divides the nation. and the cost of living. a closer look at sky-high rent prices and the crippling effect on so many people just trying to get by. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead. and fallout from the monumental supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. today, a portrait of an increasingly divided america. at least ten states now have effectively banned abortion with varying exceptions or none at all. another handful of states are expected to enact bans in the coming days and weeks. meanwhile, abortion rights activists are launching new legal challenges on the state level while democratic governors are promising to expand abortion access and protect people who travel there for care. a fourth day of protests is planned in cities across the country today after a weekend of marches, rallies, and at times violent demonstratio
streets some elated. it s a celebration only for children in the womb but for women. others infuriated pre- stand up and fight back progressive victory for the sanctity of life it will save countless innocent children. it s a one incursion into liberties and rights of the people will lead to the next simile to the next grade. now president biden is vowing swift action and calling for calm. to keep all protest peaceful. will discuss how the ruling will affect state law across the country and what it means for the roberts court going forward. and talk with republican senator lindsey graham about the courts moves of abortion as well as second amendment rights and about his long fight to put conservative judges on the bench. plus how it all plays in the coming election. you as a georgia democrat stacy abrams of the ruling could impact her rematch against republican governor brian kemp. they will ask our sunday panel how resources high-stakes court rulings that shakeup