In fact, it s interesting to note that justice alito carefully says that the first eight amendments to the constitution are ones we can look at in order to figure out what are the substantive rights. he convene lee doesn t mention the ninth which specifically says that the fact that are right right is not as for solicitor cannot be used to denigrate it. it s also amazing that he just tosses a quality out the window. he says there is this argument that restrictions on abortion, especially extreme ones, deprive women of the equal protection of the laws. because guess what, it s women who get pregnant and it is women who are at greatest risk from these strict abortion laws. but he says, that doesn t mean that it s gender discrimination. really?
In michigan, the law was passed in 1931 and abounds abortion to lay save the life of the one who was pregnant, and contains no rule made it obsolete, but it s still state law, still in the books. northern publicans in control, both michigan s house and senate, unlike were revealed to this point. now, michigan s democratic senator as asking the supreme court to strengthen the abortion ban law before it can be forced again in a post row world. and michigan governor gretchen whitmer joins me now. governor, you initiated this several weeks ago before, of course, this document was leaked. just explain the legal situation here, because i don t think this is sunk into enough people how immediate the effect of the court issuing this report ruling could be in a state like yours. yeah, i think you re right. michigan would revert overnight on 1931 law and would make us have one of the most extreme
The democrats, semi fundraising you know about this. i m going to lose my mind. like you have power, i need you to wield it so what do you say to that? so, i say this. first of all, let s all acknowledge. we do have the power to get this done. and so, our first step is going to be next week. we re going to vote this in the united states senate. and 50 votes, plus the vice president, that should be enough to do with the people of the united states want us to do by a margin of more than 2 to 1. however, we re going to face the filibuster. head on. and this is going to put it to everybody who tries to protect the filibuster one more time. we re going to run right into that. and we re going to have to address this question, the filibuster is not in the constitution of the united states. the filibuster was used for decades and decades and decades to keep us from passing an anti lynching law, over 100 years. the filibuster was used to keep us from passing voting rights and the other civil
Help us get some democrats elected who will actually make a difference. i m mad, i m ready to take action, but we need this entire nation to speak out. if the vast majority of people in this country want to see roe v. wade protected, then it s going to take all of us working on this and he, it may take a little patience, it may take a little frustration. but that s how we get there. and believe me, this is a fight worth having. senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, thank so much for the time tonight, appreciate it. thank you. as we were just discussing, the central looming question overall this is what can be done. in some states that s a really urgent intentional question because, striking down roe would mean automatically that the same day, returning to antiabortion laws that were in place before roe. laws that are merely 100 years old. how one governors fighting to keep that from happening in her state before roe is officially decided after this.
By a margin of more than 2 to 1. however, we re going to face the filibuster. head on. and this is going to put it to everybody who tries to protect the filibuster one more time. we re going to run right into that. and we re going to have to address this question, the filibuster is not in the constitution of the united states. the filibuster was used for decades and decades and decades to keep us from passing an anti lynching law, over 100 years. the filibuster was used to keep us from passing voting rights and the other civil rights laws. the filibuster has just been used this year to prevent us from protecting the vote all across this country. so i think part of this is going to be, we re going to have to have that fight or more time around filibuster. and look, i look at it this way. if we don t have enough democrats get that job done right now, then give us some more democrats. and i actually want to put in a