desicable. to dismiss pastors who are having prayers with a grieving mother as a carnival gives you the kind of mentality we re facing. paul, i want to pick up on rev s comments about the law. this is what i was focused on, particularly after the rittenhouse trial. i said on pbs that night that reading the wisconsin law as contradictory as it seemed, reading the wisconsin law, if i were on that jury and was instructed to follow the law, i would have been hard-pressed to find rittenhouse guilty in that case because of the way the law is written. should we really be looking to the long-term effort of changing legislatures so that folks can get in there and rewrite the laws so that there really is equal justice under law?
arguing. roe and casey are strong. the conclusion that abortion is a constitutional right has no basis in text, structure, history or tradition. because the constitution does not protect a right to abortion, it provides no guidance to courts on how to account for the interests in this context. explain that to me, because i thought that s what roe was all about, there is a constitutional right to abortion. but based on right to privacy. that s exactly right. i will note and it is important to remember this, when mississippi first petitioned the court to take up this case in 2019, its ask was much more modest. we re trying to figure out if the constitution permits a state to restrict abortion in advance of viability. so in their view, a very modest ask that only dealt with the question of where the line was that the state could intervene to regulate abortion. after the court had taken up this case, and after september of 2020, when ruth bader
plaintiffs. and we will not let up on that. we are good at this. we re tenacious, we will persevere. and we will make sure that we pursue these defendants wherever they are. so that s the first thing. and some of them, including the groups, do have money. but your second point is exactly right. the numbers that we saw, both for compensatory damages and punitive damages,nd sent a very clear message loud and clear throughout the country that this conductry will not be tolerated and it s clear that our jurors felt very strongly and they levied a judgment for multiple millions of dollars. theyio assessed each defendant the case. every single defendant that we brought this case against was foundwa to be liable and they we found to be liable for compensatory and punitive damages. the entire point of punitive damages is to send a message not just to these defendants but
as we await a supreme court decision on texas restrictive abortion law, the justices are about to hear arguments in another case that could pose an even more imminent threat to the constitutional right to an abortion. on wednesday, the high court will take on a challenge to mississippi s abortion law, which bans the procedure at 15 weeks of pregnancy. and unlike the texas case, which focuses on whether the federal government can intervene in a state law, the mississippi case takes direct aim at roe v. wade. joining me now, melissa murray, professor of law at nyu, former law clerk to justice sonia sotomayor. and msnbc legal analyst. melissa, welcome back to the sunday show. okay. so we had you on when the texas case came up. and implications for that. this is a this is a different case than texas. talk more about that.
karen dunn, roberta cap lain, thank you for coming to the sunday show and congratulations on a very worthy verdict. thank you very, very much. thank you so much. y the charlottesville case, the arbery case and rittenhouse trial have similar themes. what happens when black people make the same claim? plus, my all-star panel including congresswoman maxine waters ready to sound off to the latest news and the other sunday shows. don t want to miss it. ovens that flip up and away, grills that bring outdoor flavors indoors, and blenders that spin up healthy eating. ninja foodi, be proud of what you make. new vicks convenience pack. dayquil severe for you. and daily vicks super c for me. vicks super c is a daily supplement with vitamin c and b vitamins to help energize and replenish. dayquil severe is a max strength daytime, coughing, power through your day, medicine. new from vicks. wayfair s cyber monday sale is on now!