There s nothing there. but they want to act they want to do personal destruction. laura: they want their make you that ringleader. congressman loudermilk: and what was the guy taking a picture of? there is a golden eagle holding two candles. people take pictures of that all the time. laura: this is the former dc police officer who has made quite a name for himself lately. i had written a letter that was signed by jeep major and i found it incredibly irresponsible. me later of outside pressure. an individual who is being guided by a representative of congress who is photographing infrastructure things like stairwells, hallways, and security checkpoints, i mean, that absolutely is suspicious activity.
Justices. the double standard is incredible and i don t see how you can run a country and observe the laws no matter what the political issues happen to be. these are supreme court justices. this merrick garland, he will not arrest protesters, i don t want to let this go, it s in the law. you re supposed to be the attorney general and you re supposed to be enforceings the law. that is bizarre point of view and i hate to be serious about it, but that is the law. todd: larry raises key point, you can t run the country if you do not observe the law no matter what the political issue happens to be, that s it, key foundation of our country. you can t have a system of law if people like protesters think they can influence outcome through outside pressure. ag garland refusal to prosecute and encouraging people to think
Expand abortion and not restrict it and i would like him to be a bit more forceful and as forceful as my former boss senator elizabeth warren was earlier this week and i would like vice president harris to be part of a gala, where she had a forceful condemnation, and hopefully they will see that there is support for it and we ll see that going into the midterms. you already have senator collins out there, saying she will not vote to codify federal abortion rights. you also are waiting to hear from senator murkowski and waiting to hear from manchin. your thoughts on the pressure, the outside pressure that might move them? there s a ton of outside pressure. and groups are rallying next saturday, may 14th, to put pressure on not only just the senators but also the governor, the gubernatorial races, and putting pressure across the country to let them know, listen, if you re in the voting to not only protect our rights
How shocked where you buy this? this is stunning, unprecedented. this is an assault on the court s judicial independence. i think the chief justice needs to punch back hard against this an issue justice alito s majority opinion tomorrow. shannon: what are the odds you think that happens? how quickly do you think the chief will say that she doesn t like outside pressure. he likes the court to operate free of these things but he s put in a situation where the world is watching. how quickly could we get the official opinion do you think? they could put a per curiam tomorrow saying this is how we are going to rule opinions to follow or they could put out a majority opinion and say the dissenting and concurring opinions will follow but they can get this result tomorrow if they wanted to. every day this case is pending it puts justices lives in danger. nursing people outside the
States. and these trends are being exacerbated by global challenges that are more complex than ever, and which require shared efforts to address these concerns. by outside pressure, from autocrats, they seek to advance their own power, export and expand their influence around the world and justify the repressive policies and practices as a more efficient way to address today s challenges. that s how it is sold. by voices that seek to fan the flames of social division and political polarization, and perhaps most importantly, and worrying of all, most worrying of all, by increasing the dissatisfaction of people all around the world with democratic governments that they feel are failing to deliver for their needs. in my view, this is the defining challenge of our time. democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people, can at times be fragile but also is inherently