Week . Its not. Its only wednesday. Its 4 00 in new york. We have had two days of testimony in the first criminal trial of an american expresident. We have learned so much. We have heard extraordinary details of a conspiracy to interfere in a president ial election. The prosecutions first witness, former National Enquirer ceo david pecker painted a vivid picture of that explicit agreement between himself and the expresident , one of mutual benefit. Negative stories about donald trump are bought and buried and negative stories about trumps rivals were embellished or in some instances fabricated. Stories of women having affairs with trump were hidden. Fake stories with hillary clinton, ted cruz, marco rubio were written up and published. Photos were doctored, like this one, amounting to a phenomenon Andrew Weissmann referred to as ground zero of fake news. David pecker comes back for more tomorrow. Court is quiet today. It resumes today. He takes the stand tomorrow. Likely picking back u
Years, the second since it overturned roe v. Wade. This appears to have divided the court over ideological and gender lines. It is a case about the near total ban on abortions in idaho. The doj sued the state saying the ban violated federal law that makes it mandatory for hospitals to provide emergency medical care. Arguing in some cases abortions are just that, theyre emergency medical care. And that the Legal Standard of quote, good faith medical judgment has proven to be too vague. That lack of a clear standard is exactly what both Justice Sonia sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett tried to wrestle out of the attorney representing idaho today. Listen. This particular patient had to deliver her baby. The baby died. She had a hysterectomy, and she can no longer have children. All right. Youre telling me the doctor couldnt have done the abortion earlier . Again, it goes back to whether a doctor can in good faith medical judgment thats a lot for the doctor to risk. It is very case by case. T