legitimacy of the court righ now in the eyes of the america people absolutely, you know, i wen back to california, and looked, right after a hotl contested election, if you recall, the u.s. supreme court was trusted by 74% of th public just this past september, they took the same poll, and it turns they re only supported by, only trusted by 47%, meaning democrats, republicans independents do no overwhelmingly trust the supreme court. that is something that justice roberts has to take care of. susan del percio and juanit tolliver, thank you both for joining us coming up house republicans continue their attacks on manhattan district attorney alvin brag after former president trump s arraignment. we ll talk to a democrat on th judiciary committee, next.
opinion are moving in opposite directions there were two dueling federal court rulings yesterday on whether a woman can use a ke abortion pill, a texas judge ruled to suspend the two decad old fda approval of the drug the ruling is now on hold fo seven days, giving the doj a opportunity to appeal. two hours later, a federal judge in washington state rule that the drug can be offered i 17 democratic states i washington, d.c. now, this tug of war is playin out the same week wisconsi voters voted overwhelmingly fo liberal state judge, supreme court judge, that will tip the balance of judicial power in the state. when i heard key campaig promises, protect reproductive rights juanita, what is your reaction to all of this look, rev, once again, woma
choice out of their hands. i mean, they can t even have a medication at the early onse of pregnancy this is an assault on women rights it is an assault on democracy. now, reproductive right played a major role in the election of a liberal judge in your state to the wisconsi supreme court this week. residents of your state vote overwhelmingly to tilt the balance of the court towar liberals for the first time in 15 years, which will affec rulings on wisconsin s pre civil war abortion ban in th gop drawn electoral maps but the republicans who ve see their power steadily erode statewide are already plotting to use their supermajority i the senate to try and un-see the newly elected judge. how did the democrats in the state intend to fight back oh, my goodness, rev.
a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with
facts. all right, now moving on to the busy day. i understand you have had in wisconsin. joining state democratic leaders at tw separate get out the vot rallies in support of wisconsi supreme court candidate circui court judge, janet protest awaits. who is locked in a whole pry pro high-profile rac against a conservative opponents who was connected to a scheme to use fake elector to reverse the 2020 election results in the state. th washington post editorial boar has called this judicial election quote, this year most significant political contest in a presidentia battleground state, with enormous implications fo abortion rights, redistricting and union organizing, and of quote. adding that this contes has become the costliest judicial election in u. s.