Meyers Rants Against ‘Extremist Movement’ Of Pro-Lifers

For the third night in a row, NBC’s Seth Meyers lamented that Roe v. Wade could soon be in decline and appear on Thursday’s edition Late Night decried that “An extremist movement of far-right conservatives has spent five decades carefully orchestrating the outcome we’re seeing now.”

As part of his diatribe, Meyers claimed that conservative outrage over the leak of Justice Alito’s draft opinion is all fake, “when they’re not mocking protesters, they are, of course, pretending to be indignant over the leak itself rather than celebrating the outcome, because they know overturning Roe and criminalizing abortion are deeply unpopular with a huge majority of voters so instead, they want to throw the leaker in jail.”

Because the Left is trying to use it as a pressure tactic on the Court, the outrage is real. Conservatives don’t celebrate, however, because this is a draft.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz and Meyers denounced the leak. Meyers then delved into Ginni Thomas’ January 6 and Meyers. Roe, “An extremist movement of far-right conservatives has spent five decades carefully orchestrating the outcome we’re seeing now. Their devil’s bargain with Trump got them across the finish line, but the assault on abortion rights isn’t unique to him and it didn’t start with him.”

Meyers was then more intellectual, and focused on addressing the issues. Casey vs. Planned Parenthood, “They launched a barrage of new abortion restrictions to see which ones the Court would uphold.”

You can now play two clips of a 2005 video. Frontline documentary outlining the “undue burden standard” established by Casey, Meyers returned to add, “Anti-abortion activists basically adopted the same strategy for attacking Roe that your 5-year-old takes when you tell them not for the run too close to the pool. “Is that too close?” “Yes.” “Yes.” “Yes.” “What do you think about this?” “Zachary Hudson Hamilton III, if you do not move away from the pool right now, so help me to God, I will end you.” 

Casey Unelected justices (not elected representatives) decide what is undue burden.

Meyers then abandoned his attempt to be an intellectual and accused Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh of being liars, “when it came time to testify to the Senate about their positions on Roe, Kavanaugh and his fellow Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch played the usual rhetorical games and lied, even though everyone knew or should have known at the time they were brazenly lying.” 

Meyers continues to fear for the Overthrow Roe, Other late-night hosts have since moved on. Trevor Noah was the last to mention abortion and urged viewers not to forget to contribute to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

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Below is the transcript from the May 6th show.

NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers

5/6/2022

12:46 PM ET

SETH MEYERS: And when they’re not mocking protesters, they are, of course, pretending to be indignant over the leak itself rather than celebrating the outcome, because they know overturning Roe and criminalizing abortion are deeply unpopular with a huge majority of voters so instead, they want to throw the leaker in jail. 

LINDSEY GRAHAM: What happened to the Court today was the saddest chapter in the history of the United States Supreme Court. This was deplorable. This was dangerous and stupid. 

TED CRUZ: If that left-wing law clerk succeeds, it will be the most grotesque politicization of the Supreme Court in the history of our nation, you mentioned an FBI investigation. I hope there is—

STUART VARNAY: Yes.

CRUZ: – A grave offense. And I hope whoever is responsible for this, not only is fired instantly, but is prosecuted and serves real jail time for violating the confidences of the Supreme Court. 

MEYERS: There is no duo in history worse than Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham. You know who was a much better duo? Milli Vanilli.  Or as they’re known in Supreme Court parlance, Milli v. Anilli. Next time — next time– Cruz flees his state during a weather emergency, I’m betting he’ll—

MILLI VANILLI – Blame the rain

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SETH MEYERS: But let’s get back to Roe. An extremist movement of far-right conservatives has spent five decades carefully orchestrating the outcome we’re seeing now. Their devil’s bargain with Trump got them across the finish line, but the assault on abortion rights isn’t unique to him and it didn’t start with him. For example, after the 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. CaseyReaffirmed Roe, anti-abortion activists shifted to a new strategy. They launched a barrage of new abortion restrictions to see which ones the Court would uphold. 

FRONTLINE: NARRATOR OF THE LAST ABORTION CLINIC: The joint opinion, delivered by Justices O’Connor, Souter, and Kennedy, crafted a middle position they upheld Roe, but changed the standard by which abortion laws would be judged. They established instead the “Undue burden standard.” A law would be invalid, they declared, if it placed substantial obstacles in the path of a woman seeking an abortion. 

WILLIAM SALETAN: People got the impression that abortion was safe, Roe v. Wade was safe, all the pro-choice people went home, but what happened is, pro-lifers started to pass legislation to test what exactly is an undue burden. Let’s get this bill passed. Are you sure? Let’s move that bill. Are you sure? And let’s see where the courts draw the line.” 

MEYERS: Anti-abortion activists basically adopted the same strategy for attacking Roe that your 5-year-old takes when you tell them not for the run too close to the pool. “Is that too close?” “Yes.” “Yes.” “Yes.” “Let’s see what happens.” “Zachary Hudson Hamilton III, if you do not move away from the pool right now, so help me to God, I will end you.” 

Sorry, guys. I shouldn’t have had that third nitro cold brew. So they’ve been working towards this for decades. Kavanaugh, for example, once hailed justice William Rehnquist as his judicial hero, in part for his dissent in Roe v. Wade.,but when it came time to testify to the Senate about their positions on Roe, Kavanaugh and his fellow Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch played the usual rhetorical games and lied, even though everyone knew or should have known at the time they were brazenly lying.