the republican party s front-runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 3 that is4 the reality the republican party must now grapple with, if they were into reality. so that sre an issue. what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has precisely zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted by a case brought by a new york city prosecutor whoas does not repor to president biden. facing another ten criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases against trump was brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from nor coordinates with president f bidench so donald trump has reacted in a way he traditionally does when reality does not fit with his preferred reality. he lies about it. he claims without evidence president biden is the one really pulling the strings. he these are all biden trials. they re all biden cases. these aren t cases
the republican party s presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts. that is the reality. the republican party must now grapple with that. if they were into reality. that is an issue. but what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted in the case brought by a new york city prosecutor who does not report president biden. trump is facing another 10 criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases were brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from coordinates with president biden. so donald trump has reacted the way he traditionally does when reality does not fit his preferred narrative. he lies about it. he claims that president biden is the one who is really pulling the strings. these are all biden cases. this is using the justice department to go af
people, uncover what happened when the term presidency provided a critical opportunity for a christian legal group known as the alliance for defending freedom. joining me now are the authors of the fall of roe. it is a tour de force. you guys also talked to both sides of this, which i think is so essential. first, the adf, for people who are not familiar, can you tell us what it is? this is a legal advocacy organization with an expressly christian mission and focus on cases that blur the line between religion and politics in the public square. they were involved in blocking the contraceptive mandate under obamacare and they were the ones who saw and developed a major part of the strategy to overturn roe. what are book tracks and
dias, national religion correspondent for the times, and lisa lair. it is a tour de force. you guys both talk the sides of this. first the adf, for people not familiar with the organization can you tell us what it is? this a legal advocacy organization with an expressly christian mission who have really focused on cases that blur the line between religion and politics in the public square. they were very involved in blocking of course the contraceptive mandate under obamacare. and they were the ones who really saw and developed a major part of the strategy to overturn roe. and what our book tracks and really creates for the first time, the first narrative of how they did it and how they worked that case over what we re calling the final decade, a ten-year period, the final decade of the roe era from little state legislators all the way up to the supreme court.
and the trial set to begin for a california man accused of killing his stepmother with a pick axe. he faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in prison if he s convicted of murder. he is pleading not guilty. plus, a court hearing set today after the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy. two louisiana police police offr polices are charged with second-degree murder in the death of jeremy mardis and attempted murder for shooting his father while chasing the father s car. state police describe the body cam footage as disturbing. jenna: the supreme court not done with obamacare, the court announcing it will hear a new challenge to the law from religious nonprofit groups opposing the contraception mandate. shannon bream is live in washington with more. reporter: well, jenna, the administration put together what they call an accommodation, essentially for religious nonprofit groups who don t want to comply with the contraceptive