Now the meltdown is underway. The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe vs. Wade and the journalists on NBC were already melting down over the “devastating” end of unrestricted abortion in America. Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd ranted that this means the Court is “rigged.”
A clearly unhappy Todd huffed, “Oh, I think the Supreme Court — there are no more black robes. I think the robes are red and blue.” Ignoring the history of activist liberals on the Court, he complained of the rise of a conservative Supreme Court: “It’s been an aggressive, obviously political movement on the right in particular on judges, and if you look at these back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion.”
The host then ripped the Court as “rigged.”
We already have this in both the Senate and House. It is the loss of trust in Court, as well as the perception that it has become an extremely partisan institution. This week’s events, especially the way Donald Trump appointed Supreme Court Justice, McConnell and the rest, have made it clear that many believe the Court is rigged. It’s not fair or square. This Court’s composition is not representative of the country as it is or was. I believe that will only increase cynicism.
For journalists, it’s rigged when things don’t go the way of the left.
Earlier, Yamiche Alcindor didn’t even bother to hide her personal unhappiness: “The NCAA is out with a statement calling this an egregious decision… And this decision is really seen as devastating to so many women across this country by — from people who are, of course, advocates of abortion rights.”
Women find this devastating. That’s what you should tell the thousands of young women who are celebrating the Supreme Court.
With no sense of irony, she stated that “lives are going to be put at risk” now that Roe has fallen:
Shannon Brewer from Mississippi’s Women’s Health Organization was also present. This is the clinic that made the final decision. I was told by her that women are at great risk because of unsafe abortions and being forced to have babies they don’t want.
Hey, NBC. Lives were at stake already. Media meltdown already started. More information will follow.
Below are transcripts. Click “expand” to read more.
NBC News Special
6/24/2022
10:33LESTER HOLT – I’d like to invite Yamiche Alcindor, NBC Washington correspondent, into the discussion. Yamiche will discuss how these can impact the midterms, and what it means for the political discussion.
YAMICHE ALCONDO: This is a significant step forward in abortion access for women throughout the country. The midterm elections will be dominated by abortion. On the ground, I spoke to women in Mississippi and Louisiana who were going to be driving for hours to get abortion access. These women were not focused on abortion when I talked to them. It was not something they knew that the rights to abortion could be removed. This focuses them on the fact that abortion rights could be taken away. It also focuses their attention on the achievements of conservative movements. In a statement, the NCAA called this an unacceptable decision. One in four American women has had an abortion. According to the latest NBC News survey, 60 percent Americans want access to abortion in America in any form. Despite this, the conservative majority has stated that they will not be changing their stance on abortion access. And this decision is really seen as devastating to so many women across this country by — from people who are, of course, advocates of abortion rights.
Shannon Brewer from Mississippi’s Women’s Health Organization was also present. This is the clinic that made the final decision. I asked her if she believed women’s lives would be at stake now. She said that either they will be forced to get unsafe abortions, or that they will be forced to have children they don’t want and have never planned for. She says she will be moving the clinic in the middle of the case. Now, she says that the clinic would need to be closed and they will have to move to New Mexico. This will be true in Louisiana, as well as other parts of the country. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 26 states have either decided to prohibit abortions or severely restrict them. This is the result of a party movement, which is celebrating big wins on both the right and left. However, on the Democratic side we see people coalescing who may not have had this as their main agenda but are now focusing more on it. The Democrats will argue that conservatives are going too far. Also, I want to point out who’s impacted. Shannon Brewer in Mississippi said to me, without hesitation, that she cares most about black women, the poor, and women who don’t have the financial means for an abortion.
I asked her if she believes Congress has any chance of changing this or fixing it legislatively. Lester was right to believe that abortion access will be denied in America in the same manner it wasn’t before her decision. It is her belief that women must get behind the wheel of cars to assist others and in certain cases, help women obtain abortion access. This is part of the political decision. There aren’t many options. Democrats will be trying to claim they should have more power in order to change Roe. They have final say over many matters, such as abortion access. Politics aren’t always in sync. The White House’s plan for the future is not clear. Legislators have been pushing for the White House to develop a plan and take executive action to safeguard abortion rights. The White House doesn’t know how to handle this and can’t give back the rights of women that were taken away.
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10:37
LESTER HOLT: How does it affect how we look at the Supreme Court as a whole?
CHUCK TODD (OH, I believe the Supreme Court): There are no black robes anymore. The robes I see are blue and red. This is the — we have been watching this happen particularly in an aggressive way over the last 15 years. The lower courts have been concerned. As you can see, the Senate lowered the threshold from 50 to 50 votes. This ensured that you would not get either center left or centre right. You would receive something with a more rigid core. It’s been an aggressive, obviously political movement on the right in particular on judges, and if you look at these back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion, I think it really does sort of — I think what’s striking about Roe is it’s the first time in my lifetime that I can think of where a Supreme Court took away a right. Supreme Court. There has been no other Supreme Court in my lifetime that ever took away any right. It’s not unusual for the Supreme Court to grant rights, allow same-sex marriage and interpret things. This particular right is being removed from slightly more people than the rest.
I think it’s going — we don’t fully know the consequences yet. Unintended consequences is why we love it. There will be many, both short-term and medium-term. The erosion of trust and rendering it an extremly partisan institution and reducing its value are both issues that we have in the Senate as well as in the House. Particularly what Donald Trump did this week with the Supreme Court nomination, McConnell’s process, and the rest of the Scalia case, I believe there are many people that think this Court is corrupt. It’s not fair or square. This Court’s composition is not representative of the current country and its history, which I believe will only increase cynicism. It’s only going to add to that, and it is really — look, John Roberts has been concerned about this, you know, he clearly attempted to create, to try to find a middle ground here, and he failed. It was his attempt to redefine Roe rather than having it overturned. He realized it would monarchically — roil America. Lester made another point. He didn’t want to have Roe overturned. It was going to end up being the most significant election in over 100 years. It is clear that the court system will be affected by this election. It’s possible to go through the entire thing. I’m going to do a lot of that on Sunday, just think about what has changed in America, in culture and society, due to the results of the 2016 election.
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