fair game now four states on abortion laws. we peter baker, let s talk about where this may be going with the help of some things that on this network earlier by frequent guest of ours and why you law professor melissa murray, who at the federal level. this has been a long game of the conservative legal movement for some years, we have never allowed fundamental rights to be subject to the whims, to be subject of the whims of the majority. if you think that game marriage is not on deck after a day like this, you are frankly, completely, delusional. they are coming for that to. so, peter, if you would put today s oral arguments and the comments by registered into the conversation in the context of the long game, i e, mitch mcconnell s life s work.
when he testified before the committee. he at least appeared for this deposition on november 5th. so, if this isn t said simply as a stall tactic, i think this will keep the heat on him and forces him totally show up and go through question by question that issues on which he s going to plead the fifth amendment. peter, back over to your the. hard as it is to believe, life in this white house and for this administration has changed once again in the past 24 to 40 hours, with the arrival of this variant forcing the administration to scramble. it through certainly, a wrench in the national works when this nation has zero appetite for new restrictions. i think that s exactly right. obviously, president biden came to office on the promise of getting hold of this pandemic and getting us passed it. whether this omicron variant is going to be as serious as some people fear, we don t know yet.
listening agreed. the six conservative members of the court appear to lean towards upholding the mississippi law, should roe v. wade be overturned, abortion could be severely restricted or banned right away and at least 26 states, over half of our union. with that, let s bring in our starting line, one sam stein, peter baker, and barb mcquade veteran federal prosecutor former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, she worked with a doj during the biden transition, is a professor at her alma mater university of michigan law school who badly wants you to know she cohosts the podcast sisters in law, oh with kimberly, joyce, and jill wine-banks. good evening and welcome to you all. indeed, counselor, i would like to begin with you.
to a shutdown period before pressure brings both sides together? yes, it s possible they cut a deal before then. it s not likely. but i would not be surprised, honestly, if we had 80 or two of the government shutdown after which everyone comes to their senses. great, thanks tonight to our starting line. but barbara curried, sam stein, peter baker, a thank you very much. i wish we had happier material to pass along. coming up, new tougher travel restrictions just hours away. we ll ask one of our leading physicians more should be done to protect against covid s newest variant. and later, the man who wants so badly to be speaker, struggling to keep his half of the house in order, while the other party works devoid a government shutdown. our political experts will zero in on the republican dilemmas. all of it as the 11th hour is just getting underway on this wednesday night as a tree