Rachels Excellent Team of journalists, however, is producing this hour all week every week. And as always, we are glad to have you with us. Its always a powerful image when a group of people gather together to champion something they believe in. To stand up for their rights. But when people do it on the steps of the most powerful court in the land, life gives you goose bumps. Im thinking of when there were celebrations in front of the Supreme Court in 2015, after the court of from the right for samesex couples to get married. It happened in 2012, when people gathered in that same spot to champion the Courts Decision not to take Health Care Away from millions of people in this country. And it doesnt take a big crowd to pack unemotionally bunch. This was 1954. A mom and her little girl sitting on the steps off to the court ruled that it was unconstitutional desegregate schools. This week again, there were demonstrations in front of the high court, although this time, and also celebrate t
Samesex couples to get married. It happened in 2012, when people gathered in that same spot to champion the courts decision not to take Health Care Away from millions of people in this country. And it doesnt take a big crowd to package an emotional punch. This was 1954. A mom and a little girl sitting on the steps of the Supreme Court, who said it was unconstitutional to desegregate schools. This week again, there were demonstrations in front of the high court, although this time not to celebrate the protection of a right, but to protest that one important right is about to be taken away. In light of the Draft Opinion that leaked from the court this week, signaling that the court is poised to take away the enshrined right to obtain an abortion, protest outside the court have taken place every day. Moms brought their daughters, even babies. These are affecting images. They may be the last images we get over this particular issue, from outside the court. Now, this fence was just put up o
To package an emotional punch. This is 1954, a mom and little girl sitting on the steps after the court rufled that it was unconstitutional to segregate schools. This week there were demonstrations in front of the High Court Although this time not to celebrate the protection of a right but to protest that one important one is about to be taken a way. In least the Draft Opinion that leaked from the court this week signaling that the court is poised to take away the enshrined right to obtain an abortion, protests outside the court have taken place every day. Moms brought their daughters, even their little babies. These are affecting images. They may be the last ones we get from any future protests outside the court over this particular issue roe v. Wade. Now, the giant chain linked unclimbable fence that was put up outside the Supreme Court. Shy note for the record that in the fight over Abortion Rights in this country, the side of in favor of maintaining that right, the side of maintain
wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know how precious those remarks wer
things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know how precious those remarks were. there was no president biden fighting for the soul of this nation. there was no president trump fighting to stay in office, no insurrectionists storming the capitol. no top secret classified records taken from the white house and stored in a florida closet. none of that had happened yet. in fact, we wouldn t see an official white house portrait unveiling again for an