abortion restriction in legislation in the congress? you need, it seems to me, excuse a lecture, to concentrate on with the news as today. not a leak to draft, but the fact that the draft was leaked. some left-wing law clerk angry at the direction the court is going, decided to betray his or her obligation to trust that clerk owed to his or her justice at the court. this is the predictable result of the democrats multi year campaign to politicize the court. fact check, ted cruz, senator ted cruz right there saying some left-wing law clerk, that is not true. he has no evidence, no one does, we do not know who the leaker is. but here s the reality, no matter who leaked it, roe v. wade now clearly hangs in the balance. and the only question now, what are supporters of abortion rights gonna do about it? that is, if nothing else matters. with that, let s bring in our experts this evening. a trio of nbc analysts. kimberly atkins, she s a senior
and i covered this for over a decade. i would say that there is a difference between the judiciary and the other two branches of government that is led by elected officials that these are a lifetime appointees who need to operate in a way that is separate from the political influences of the other branches. and, of course, it s politicize. the senate confirmation process makes it inexplicably politicized. but that is still accountability is different. if there is signaling from inside of that. court that is aimed at exerting political pressure in order to pull and potentially change the outcome of an opinion, regardless of whether comes from the conservatives or the liberal section of the court, that erodes that wall. and it makes it very difficult for me to say now that this court is not a politicized body if it is reaching out to try to i know i m out of about how to consider how a
decision where to be sustained, a whole range of rights are in question. a whole range of rights. and idea that we re getting to states will be a fundamental shift in what we ve done. president biden gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now , tonight, the seismic fallout in the supreme court with the reverse of roe v. wade for the need for women around the country. democrats are trying to do about it. and what comes next. plus, primary voters at the pole today. as trump s political influences put to the test. we are live in ohio as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. 11t hour gets underw good eveningm
case may come up. i know i m out of time, tali, i have to ask you though, you yourself have clerked for a supreme court justice. when you heard about this, what is it like? you know, the supreme court has really tied its legitimacy to secrecy. i collect twice at the supreme court and the only every time we got as a group with the chief justice was to be told, the first commitment, that that shall not tell, tao shall not leak. you can t even admit what you worked on. and you know, i have to disagree though that it has to be that way and that the legitimacy of the court really does have to be tied to secrecy. and that disclosure is necessary, political. we see drafts in congress, we know with the other branches of government are thinking sometimes. and i think that maybe this might be the beginning of a more transparent supreme court. i think we can get over the lead. i think we can get over the
this is what the republicans have been working toward the state for decades. they ve been out there plotting, carefully cultivating a supreme court justices so they could have a majority on the bench. that would accomplish something that the majority of americans do not want. we have a right. extremists, we ve heard enough from the extremists. and we re tired of it. as for the republicans, though we have absolutely no idea which side, or who really came from. they re all about hunting down and exposing the leaker. the integrity and independence of the supreme court is once again under attack. i think the justices aren t taking this seriously. and we will find the leaker. if you will start down, do you see a need for federal