Skullduggery

The end of Roe (w/ David Kaplan & Don Ayer)


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On Friday, the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades came down, a 6-3 ruling overturning Roe v Wade. For nearly half a century women have had a Constitutional right to abortion, now they don't. Because, as Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion, Roe was, "egregiously wrong from the start." Informed by what he called, "exceptionally weak reasoning." The new ruling from the court ditching what seemed like well settled precedent is certainly to inflame passion. And as Biden insisted, the fight is not over. His administration, with the backing of virtually every Demacrat in Congress, will seek to pass a Federal Law codifying the right to an abortion. But even if such legislation could overcome a near certain filibuster from Senate Republicans and actually pass, would that supersede the actions of more than a dozen State legislatures that now seemed poised to ban abortion outright? Veteran Supreme Court watcher and author David Kaplan as well as former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, a former Supreme Court Clerk himself, join to discuss this alongside the extraordinary testimony in front of the January 6th Committee this week.


GUESTS:

  • David Kaplan, (@dkaplan007), Author, Adjunct NYU Professor, Fmr. Newsweek Legal Affairs Editor
  • Donald Ayer, (@DonaldAyer6), US Deputy Attorney General under President George H. W. Bush

  • HOSTS:

    • Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
    • Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
    • Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)

    • RESOURCES:

      • Yahoo News' story on SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade - Here.
      • Yahoo News' story on the reactions to overturning Roe v Wade - Here.

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