of noises about not using her personal views to interpret the law. and what personal views to interpret the law. and what they said on wednesday was very much and what they said on wednesday was very much about, well, brett cavanagh very much about, well, brett cavanagh said, why should abortion be an cavanagh said, why should abortion be an issue cavanagh said, why should abortion be an issue for the supreme court, indicating be an issue for the supreme court, indicating he thought that the states. indicating he thought that the states, then it should be cut definite states, then it should be cut definite kicks back to the individual states to handle. in reality. individual states to handle. in reality, what you have, by all indications, the conservative majority indications, the conservative majority will report back roe v wade. majority will report back roe v wade. we majority will report back roe v wade, we don t know how far they will explain it, how far they
america s most important president since ronald reagan. ronald reagan passed more and more long lasting legislation, post men were appointed to the supreme court, believed to be conservatives, is the trump justices rather than the reagan once it turned out to be more eyes are logically consistent, decisively tilting the court in their direction. wednesday s our argument on abortion, one of the most important days in court, potentially. janet, remind us of the first of what the status quo is in terms of abortion, and what significance we should attach to some of the things that were said on wednesday. it is some of the things that were said on wednesda . . some of the things that were said on wednesda . , ., , ., , wednesday. it is quite astonishing that all these wednesday. it is quite astonishing that all these years wednesday. it is quite astonishing that all these years after - wednesday. it is quite astonishing that all these years after roe - that all these years after roe ver
have been waiting for for years. there is huge pressure on those conservatives that have joined the court conservatives that have joined the court recently, but organisations like the court recently, but organisations like the federalist society to hold their ground, like some of the decisions their ground, like some of the decisions in the past couple of years decisions in the past couple of years on decisions in the past couple of years on abortion cases do not go their years on abortion cases do not go their way. years on abortion cases do not go their way. a years on abortion cases do not go their way. a huge focus on how this goes their way. a huge focus on how this goes down. their way. a huge focus on how this goes down. we their way. a huge focus on how this goes down- their way. a huge focus on how this goes down. we are going to have to wait, we goes down. we are going to have to wait. we will goes down. we are going to have to wait, we will have goes dow
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which brings together some of the uk s best known columnists, bbc specialists and the correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: omicron a chilling gift for the season of giving. why, when it comes to abortion, it remains the age of trump. and james bond s boss on the danger of china for smaller countries. joining is on the programme. janet daley, who moved from the united states to london in the 1960s, is a columinst with the daily telegraph. stephanie baker is with bloomberg media. with me in the studio is celia hatton, the bbc s asia pacific editor. welcome to all of you and it is lovely to see you again. when we discussed omicron last week and, it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. first identified by doctors in south africa, president ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province, new cases had risen from 500 per day to 1,600.