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The network morning shows spent Tuesday morning sounding the alarm about “one of the most conservative lineups of justices in decades” on the Supreme Court preparing to hear a major abortion case. Two of the broadcasts even began their coverage by announcing a “Supreme Court Showdown,” as if they were promoting a boxing match rather than reporting on a sober legal topic with life and death implications.
“Supreme Court Showdown. Reaction pours in after the nation’s highest court agrees to hear a major challenge to abortion rights,” co-host Hoda Kotb proclaimed at the top of NBC’s
Breyer Worries Retiring Could Add to Polarization. Would It?
The Supreme Court’s oldest justice has hinted that he may decline to step down, defying activists’ pressure. His reasoning would be hotly debated on the left.
Justice Stephen G. BreyerCredit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Published May 18, 2021Updated May 19, 2021
When the Senate voted in 1994 to confirm Justice Stephen G. Breyer to the Supreme Court, the final tally was 87 to 9. Though he’d been nominated by President Bill Clinton, a wide majority of Republicans voted in his favor.
Particularly for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, much of Justice Breyer’s appeal came from his work in the late 1970s as a lead counsel to that committee. In those years, just after the civil rights movement and Watergate, the ideological divide between Democrats and Republicans on many issues was hazy at best, and he developed a reputation for being evenhanded.
POPPY HARLOW: Significant breaking news just into us.
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a major abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks.
JIM SCIUTTO: It s going to be a big test for the Roe V. Wade decision which initially legalized abortion particularly with the 6-3 conservative makeup of the court. Joining us CNN Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider along with senior legal analyst Elie Honig. Jessica, first to you. Tell us exactly what the Supreme Court announced this morning and how soon will we see this go before them?
JESSICA SCHNEIDER: Well, this won t actually be heard by the Supreme Court until next term so sometime after October
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