gamut between claiming there is no constitutional right to abortion to pressing why 15 weeks was enough time to figure out if you need an abortion. attorney julie reichelman and u.s. slisor general preologua pushed back reminding the supreme court a 15-week ban would cut the current time period nearly in half, mepging the stakes of their ruling. the real world effects of overruling roe and casey would be severe and swift. if this court renounces the liberty interest recognized in roe and reaffirmed in kissy, it would be an unprecedented contract traction of individual rights and a stark departure of principles of starry zisis. the court has never revoked a right so fundamental and essential to americans to their ability to participate fully and kathie lee gifford equally in society. the court should not overall this central component of women s liberty. the report has never revoked a right. justice alito seemed to speak for most of the conservative members of the court
republicans to recognize the threat posed by the disgraced, twice impeachmented expresident and the big lie of a stolen election with their votes yesterday. that riff made itself apparent on the floor of the house of representatives during that vote to find steve bannon this contempt of congress. the vote that all but nine republicans refused to uphold the body of the institution in which they serve. this video was seen between marjorie taylor green and two members of the january 6th select committee, jamie rask skpin liz cheney. quote, this is a joke, green said on the house floor, presumably about the vote. why don t you care about the american people, she asked raskin. at that point, cheney said something unintelligible. greenery applied, you are a joke, liz. to which cheney responded green was the joke and asked whether she needed to be focusing on her quote anti-semitic space lasers, according to a source familiar with the conversation who told axios what was said. green
and two new omicron variants found in more than a dozen states, as covid cases begin to rise once again. good morning. and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, may 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. in a potentially ground-breaking shift in american constitutional law, the supreme court appears poised to strike down the landmark roe v. wade decision. according to a leaked draft opinion, published last night, by politico, a majority of the supreme court is prepared to overturn the federal right to abortion. the leak of the 98-page document is unprecedented in the court s modern history. the draft opinion was reportedly offered by justice samuel alito, and circulated back in february. alito writes in part this. ro ex was egregiously wrong from the start. its reasoning was exceptionally weak and the decision has had damaging consequences. it is time to heed the constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people s elected representatives. nbc news has not obtained or
hunter demanding millions of dollars from a china-linked energy venture. one irs whistleblower tells fox news the investigation into hunter s finances was repeatedly stonewalled. throughout the investigation, i was documenting various issues as they arose to include the search warrants that weren t allowed to be done. what happened with that? between april and june of 2020 the, we drafted an affidavit to the execute a search warrant in a couple different locations, and the prosecutors at the time stated that probable cause had been achieved. but as we moved closer to the election, it just seemed like they kept putting it on the back burner, and they eventually didn t allow us to do that search warrant even though the legal requirements to execute that search warrant were met. jason: this weekend hunter biden s attorney, abby lowell, is suggesting the irs agents are claiming whistleblower status to evade their own misconduct. but hunter s lawyer does not write anything d
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last year s rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasn t the baker. this case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. then the court decided for the baker, but didn t determine whether a business owner s speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. she said she didn t want to create any same-sex wedding message at odds with her religious beliefs. she neve