majority here is established, but there are at least in the initial conference between the justices after the arguments, there are five votes on justice alito s reported side here, and the only ambiguity justice roberts will make it a 63 decision or a 54 decision, if he chose to decide with the more liberal members of the court. what can you tell us about your reporting, in terms of the numbers here in terms of how the two sides align and whether that may still be a matter of some fluidity? well, it s our understanding from a person familiar with the proceedings that justice alito believes, that the court has five justices that are essentially aligned with his opinion that he has written. it s just a withering takedown of the roe v. weighed precedent. it pulls no punches at all, it s pretty brutal, and in the way it structured it needs to
by some people. that is what we re gonna have to see plays out over the next couple of months. as this continues to resonate towards the final decision addendum. all right, and the importance of chief justice roberts opinion on matters like that is not just what he thinks as a person, and how it affects them personally, it s that the court is effectively a self regulating body. it s just his own set ethics on standards. and, if this is going of this is gonna shake the foundations of the court and its perception and its role in politics, his opinion will be more important than anybody else is by a considerable margin. josh goldstein, senior legal affairs reporter for political, you will always be the reporter broke the story. whatever else happens in your life and everything else they ve done in the past, i know this is a really big deal. and i really appreciate you
i don t that know wish you all a very good and a very safe night. from all of our colleagues from across the network of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us, and we ll see you in the end of tomorrow. , and we ll see you in the end of tomorrow. as a supreme court has voted to overturn rights. according to an initial draft majority opinion written by justice samuel alito, circulated inside the court and obtained by political, the supreme court has voted to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision. the draft opinion is a full-throated unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guarantee federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. and also, a subsequent 1992 decision, planned parenthood v. casey, which largely maintain the right. a leader writes, roe was egregiously wrong for the start, we hold that roe and casey must
states, there is a trigger where abortion will automatically be banned. so, it s no longer gonna be a decision between a woman and her doctor. basically, i guess, ted cruz has made this decision for people. the second thing that we re gonna see happen is that you re gonna have individual states considering laws, banning it, and meanwhile, and washington, it s on us now to try to codify roe v. wade into law. and as you, know we have two republican senators who are with us when it comes to choice. but the question is, with the filibuster in place, which i firmly believe we should reverse, could we ever get to 60? so, this is what we re doing with right now. and, i cannot overemphasize how, what a change this is. but a disregard to president this is, if this is true. yes, we can be outraged. but also off the plan.
duluth, wake senior editor at slate magazine, thank you for time tonight kelly, as we continue to respond to this breaking news. i know it s hard to talk about something as we re still absorbing, and and none of us had time to read 90 pages of this opinion, let alone the 37-page appendix, thanks for helping us as we re learning it. thanks, rachel. i want to bring into the conversation now, one of the members of congress who is most qualified to talk about this matter, specifically because he is esteemed constitutional scholar. maryland congressman, member the house judiciary committee, congressman jamie raskin, whose book to be here about the january six investigation. but congressman, i have to ask tonight, and start tonight by talk about this breaking news, thanks so much for joining us. sure, i m glad to be with you rachel. have you had a chance to look at the reporting a politico, at the ruling that has been published? yes, i just sped read the decision, i found it