There was some speculation leading up to oral argument that perhaps amy coney barrett and bret cavanagh, two justices appointed by donald trump, would find a middle way. There was no indication there were no vives. But on december first, an oral argument that showed that they were interested in a middle ground with chief justice john roberts. It's very clear from reading between the lines of their existing jurisprudence, are deeply hostile to abortion.
The Supreme Court overturned a 49-year-old precedent that secured the right to an abortion. Irin Carmon from New York magazine breaks down the case and Vox’s Ian Millhiser argues the Supreme Court is undermining democracy.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, fact checked by Victoria Chamberlin and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, re-uploaded by Efim Shapiro and hosted by Noel King.
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