The beat. I am katie phang. We start with the need to factor oh democratic nominee for united states, Kamala Harris. Shes scored enough of the delegates to win the nomination. Today, Harris Campaigning in milwaukee days after republicans named Donald Trump the republican nominee in the same city. Harris, a former prosecutor, making the case against trump. Before i was elected Vice President , before i was elected to a united states senator, i was elected Attorney General of the state of Colorado California and i was a prosecutor before then and in those roles, i took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators, who abused women, fraudsters, who ripped off consumers, cheaters, who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when i say, i know Donald Trumps type. Locked him up lock him up lock him up harris also previewed some of the initiatives that she would pursue as president. We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity not just to get by but to get ahead. A future w
the way. they have important things to say. i just have to turn on their microphones. one of those nights i will get out of your way so you can get out of their way my friend. thank you, rachel. the supreme court of the united states today, the solicitor general of the state of mississippi kept insisting with the apparent agreement of republican appointed justices that the constitution does not include a right to abortion. but the two women lawyers in the courtroom today defending the right to abortion as specified in the supreme court s 1973 decision roe vs. wade insisted that the right to abortion is in the foundational documents of the united states of america. first, in the declaration of independence, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and then in the very first sentence of the constitution th
the united states today, the solicitor general of the state of mississippi kept insisting with the apparent agreement of republican appointed justices, that the constitution does not include a right to abortion. but the two woman lawyers, in the courtroom today, defending the right to abortion as specified in the supreme court 1973 decision roe v. wade insisted that the right to abortion as in the foundational documents of the united states of america. first, in the declaration of independence. we hold these troops to be self evident that all men are created equal, but they are endowed by their creator with certain and alia bull writes that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and then, in the very first sentence of the constitution the founders roe, we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common, defense promote the general welfare, and secure the blessin
abortion, the moment of supreme court would rule against roe. half the country has anti-abortion republican state legislatures and governors who might do the same. president biden made his comments at joint base andrews on his way to alabama in the last hour. the idea that concerns me a great deal that we re going to, after 50 years, a woman does not have a right to choose within the limits of the supreme court decision is number one. even more equally profound is the rationale used. it will mean every other decision regarding privacy is thrown into question. the rationale of the decision as released, were it to be sustained, a whole range of rights are in question, a whole range of rights. the idea with letting the states make those decisions would be a fundamental shift in what we have done. it goes far beyond, in my view, if it becomes a law and if what is written is what remains, it goes far beyond the concern of whether or not there s the right to choose. if this decis
in the draft opinion, alito writes, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right. nothing of this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedence that do not concern the right to abortion. so what do you think? that decision almost 100 pages also says that abortion is not specifically enumerated in the constitution. and it suggests that if a right isn t specifically identified that there is no protection for it. and this whole notion about precedent we saw those three supreme court justices appointed by donald trump, particularly amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh, at least said before the confirmation hearing that roe was precedent. but yet we see them being a part of the five that are voting to overturn roe. so this notion that something is precedent and therefore off