.MaddowBlog: Is the Supreme Court prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade? Republican-appointed justices seem ready to answer in ways reproductive rights advocates won't like.
For media professionals who cover the U.S. Supreme Court, there's an important lesson taught on the first day: It's best not to predict the outcome of cases based solely on oral arguments.
, the justices weren't exactly ambiguous about their intentions this morning in a case that may prove to be one of the most important in a generation. At issue is a law created by Mississippi Republicans, which banned abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In, the district court and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the state statute is unconstitutional under theThis morning, the Supreme Court's dominant conservative majority seemed indifferent, if not overtly hostile, toward that precedent.
Kavanaugh, of Donald Trump's three appointees, was of particular interest because he seemed to argue that overturning Roe, and allowing states to make individual decisions on reproductive rights, reflected some kind of middle ground.
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