The end of Roe (w/ David Kaplan & Don Ayer)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | Today is a, it's not like I probably would suggest a very solid moment. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, the Supreme Court of the United States expressly took away a constant |
| 0:15.8 | sort of right from the American people that had already recognized. |
| 0:20.6 | They didn't limit it, they simply took it away. |
| 0:25.0 | That's never been done to write so important to so many Americans, but they did it. |
| 0:31.4 | It's a sad day for the court and for the country, but this decision must not be the final word. |
| 0:41.0 | My administration used all of its appropriate lawful powers, but Congress must act. |
| 0:49.0 | And with your vote, you can act. You can have the final word. This is not over. |
| 0:59.0 | That was President Biden Friday reacting to what may be the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades. |
| 1:06.0 | A six-three ruling overturning row versus Wade. For nearly half a century, women have had a constitutional right to abortion. |
| 1:15.0 | Now they don't. Because, as Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion, |
| 1:21.0 | Row was, quote, egregiously wrong from the start, and quote, informed by what he called, quote, exceptionally weak reasoning. |
| 1:30.0 | The new ruling from the court ditching what seemed like well-settled precedent is certainly to inflame passions. |
| 1:36.0 | And, as Biden insisted, the fight is not over. His administration, with the backing of virtually every Democrat in Congress, |
| 1:43.0 | will seek to pass a federal law codifying the right to abortion. |
| 1:47.0 | But even if such legislation could overcome, and you're certain filibuster from Senate Republicans, and actually pass, |
| 1:54.0 | would that supersede the actions of more than a dozen state legislatures that now seem poised to ban abortion outright? |
| 2:02.0 | We'll discuss with veteran Supreme Court watcher and author David Kaplan, and then we'll hear from former Deputy Attorney General Donald Error, |
| 2:09.0 | a former Supreme Court clerk himself, to get his take on what the decision means, as well as the extraordinary testimony in front of the January 6th Committee this week, |
| 2:18.0 | from three former Justice Department officials who threatened to resign, rather than assist the efforts of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election. |
| 2:27.0 | All that, and more, on this episode of Skull Duggery. |
| 2:32.0 | I, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
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