to threaten civil population or to influence or affect government in some way. and a school, of course, is a unit of government. so, you know, it s a charge we don t see very frequently but it seemed very applicable in this instance. do you have a sense of those of how those who were wounded, how they are doing tonight? i think that those kids are in varying conditions. some of them are seemingly, you know, starting to be on the mend. and others are in critical condition. so, i m certainly hopeful that we don t lose any more kids than, of course, the last, you know, child that died this morning. but we really just don t know at this point. michigan attorney general dana nessel, i really appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much. thanks for having me. the most serious challenge to roe v. wade in decades was heard today by the supreme court. the future of reproductive rights could be at stake if justices greenlight mississippi s ban on abortions
audio because the courtroom is still closed, largely because of covid. you know, everyone understood in that courtroom that roe v. wade was on the line. and, you know, the three liberals talked about the precedent and stare decisis. but i thought that quote you read from brett kavanagh, justice kavanagh, suggested that they just want to get rid of the whole thing. they think roe was wrongly decided. and chief justice roberts actually was trying to look for a way to uphold the law but not to overrule roe altogether. and he didn t get any support from any of the five other conservative justices. well, jeff, can you just explain when justice kavanaugh was talking about a return to neutrality, i mean, some of the language was confusing to me. what does he mean? what is he talking about? what he means by neutrality, the mississippi solicitor general i thought explained this very well. he basically said, look, abortion is complicated. abortion is controversial. the way we deal with probl
leave it up to the voters. leave let the voters decide whether we should ban abortion or allow abortion, so that the constitution would be neutral. that s what he meant by neutrality. the problem with that is, in our system, the constitution is not supposed to be up for election every two years in state legislatures. the constitution says we have freedom of religion regardless of what the legislature does and that s that s the core of the dispute about roe v. wade. senator davis, what kind of an impact do you think the mississippi law and the arguments today of the court would have on the law in your home state of texas that effectively banned abortions at six weeks? i mean, the mississippi law obviously would be a better situation than texas finds itself in today. but as i said a minute ago, i really don t think that s where we re going to wind up. i think we are going to see an
a potentially historic day in the supreme court today. justices heard arguments on mississippi s new law that bans abortion 15 weeks into a pregnancy, long before the viability line set by a prior precedent of around 24 weeks. the 6-3 conservative majority of the supreme court appears poised to uphold the ban. chief justice john roberts said mississippi s limit of 15 weeks was not a, quote, dramatic departure from viability. other conservatives on the court like justice brett kavanagh appear to be leaning that way as well. if we think that the prior precedents are seriously wrong, if that, why then doesn t the history of this court s practice with respect to those cases tell us that the right answer is actually the return to the position of neutrality. meanwhile, texas s ban on abortions after six weeks remains in place until the justices issue a ruling that may not come until next summer. i want to discuss the high stakes with former texas state senator wendy davis and cnn chief l