amy coney barrett. chief roberts wrote an opinion ban on abortions 15 weeks after pregnancy, but stopped the precedence of roe vs. wade together. all three liberal justices were in dissent. sandra: nearly half the states are already prepared to ban or severely limit abortions. this ruling comes more than a month, you ll remember, after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by justice samuel alito, indicating the court was prepared to take this very step. that leak leading to weeks of protests outside the homes of some justices and even a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. trace: begin with shannon bream, she is life at the supreme court. good to see you, trace and sandra. walk through this again. what happens here, with the 5-4 opinion, at least on the issue of not only upholding the mississippi law but journey turning roe, send this back to the states. many of them already have trigger laws on one end or the other that are kicking in almost immediately, some
the special master appointment. you know, the special master who is reviewing the governments records that were found at mar-a-lago. now, justice department today calling the appointment today and intrusion, arguing that the trump nominating judge in florida should never have appointed special master in the first place. the three judge panel of the 11th circuit court of appeals seem poised to agree with the government and tossed out that special master order. here s the washington post report about today s arguments. in part, reading quote chief judge william prior seem to criticize trump s team for asking for a special master without proving that the initial search was illegal. if you can t establish that it was unlawful, he said, then what are we doing here? ouch! look, we don t know when a ruling will be handed down, it could come at anytime, but the fact that in the last 42 days of being in a majority,
investigations into trump today, federal appeals court in atlanta heard arguments in the justice department s appeal of the special master appointment. you know, the special master who is reviewing the governments records that were found at mar-a-lago. now justice department today calling the appointment today and intrusion arguing that the trump nominating judge in florida should never have appointed special master in the first place. the three judge panel the 11th circuit court of appeals seem poised to agree with the government and tossed out that special master order. here s the washington post report about today s arguments. in part, reading quote chief judge william prior seem to criticize trump s team for asking for a special master without proving that the initial search was illegal. if you can t establish that it was unlawful he said, then what are we doing here? ouch! look, we all don t know when a
pleblg he made on the campaign trail to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court, history that is long overdue. he has not made a decision yet. over the next several weeks there is going to be a rigorous search process among the president and his staff. president biden hopes to pick someone by the end of february. of course, all eyes will then turn to capitol hill where there is expected to be that confirmation process. then majority leader chuck schumer said he would like to mirror the process of justice amy coney barrett who was confirmed days before the 2020 election. she was confirmed within 30 days of president trump nominating her and when her vote happened. we are told by sources the white house doesn t view that as the time line they need to endorse or stick by. they re fine if it plays out longer given they have until the end of the supreme court term but of course one thing we do know is that search is already underway. we are told by sources the
republican senators today, ted cruz and rick scott. these are conservative senators who are not expected to be on the board. and in the background of all of this, there is a kerfuffle going on with the office of chuck grassley, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, trying to pressure democrats to push back the hearing which is scheduled to begin on march 21st. senator dick durbin is the chairman of that judiciary committee. he said no dice, they are not pushing back that hearing. he pointed out that there are 24 days that are elapsing between the announcement of jackson s nomination and the beginning of that hearing. and he compared to the fact that 16 days elapsed between president trump nominating amy coney barrett and her hearing durbin told me that there won t be one set of rules for republicans when they are in charge and another set for democrats. so in less than two weeks, the senate will begin the hearing for ketanji brown jackson. she needs 50 votes. there is no f