stunning nationwide because what roe v. wade said in 1973 is that women have a constitutional right to end a pregnancy before about 23 weeks. and then just to give to what you asked again about the chief, you know, the chief justice likely was going to separate himself from this opinion for institutional reasons, and just think, don, how he must feel right now about the institution and integrity of the supreme court to have news of what s coming likely by the end of june to be to burst on the scene like this and so disturb so many women, so many people on both sides of this debate to see this haphazard announcement of sorts or release of sorts of information that s going to affect so many lives, the political scene across america, and how the court operates going forward, don. you know, john, this is going to mean really immediate repercussions, have immediate repercussions, what are some of the conservative states going to do the minute roe is gone. there are as many a
what do they want to hear? or is it potentially that they just want to be the ones to hear it. the lead on writing a definitive ruling on something as foundational as whether this president, any president, is above the law. but you can t separate that motivation from the timing. why did it take so long for the justices to decide to hear it? and why will it take so long for them to actually hear it. the court has worked faster before, including on hearing arguments regarding the colorado ballot. again, the timing here matters. not just for this case, which is now unlikely to be tried before election day, but donald trump s other cases as well. the classified documents at mar-a-lago, maybe even georgia, if that case ever even gets off the ground. or the arguments regarding the colorado decision to remove trump from the ballot. there s so much to consider. the motivation, the political effect on november, and the future of the court itself. how much public trust can it stand to
the end of the month. mccarthy, caught on tape talking about kicking trump out of office ran to mar-a-lago weeks later. chairman bennie thompson writing, you declined voluntary cooperation, and we re left with no choice but to issue thank you subpoena. in a letter sent asking for his cooperation in january, the committee said they wanted to talk to mccarthy about his, quote, conversations with president trump before, during, and after the violent january 6th attacks. mccarthy today slamming the committee s probe. look, my view on the committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. congressman scott perry having a similar thing today. the fact that they sent it to the press before they sent it to the members proves it s all about headlines. bennie thompson saying today he hopes they all comply, and so far there have not been conversations about contempt if they don t.
morning joe we can. let s get to some conversations from this week that you might have missed an arizona grand jury has indicted 11 of these local collectors, along with several other allies of donald trump, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a 58 page indictment including conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges related to attempts, by the defendants, to change the election results of donald trump this was the scene on december 14th, 2020, when 11 people met at the republican party headquarters in phoenix to sign a certificate, claiming to be arizona s 11 electors, despite joe biden winning. what are you guys doing? you are the 11,000 votes probably broadcasting it. what are they thinking? what are they thinking? i just can t. like okay, we are fraudulent electors. there is a fraud scheme going on here. let s put the cameras on. maybe they are providing evidence. they were thinking ahead three and half years down the road, they are really going to ne
justices seem divided as they debated trump s immunity claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. you ll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding presidents from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. plus, this morning, former national enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with defense attorneys continuing their cross-examination. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, april 26th. with us, former white house director of communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. co-host of the podcast how to win 2024. rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. and our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. good morning to you all. let s dive right in with yesterday s historic day at the supreme court