I'm T. Sianna Deering in for Magna Chakrabardi, and this is on point.

Joan Biscupic has observed and written about the US Supreme Court for three decades.

She is CNN's senior Supreme Court analyst in the author of Profiles of Four Justices.

For her latest book, she has turned her attention to the court itself, and the title sums it

up.

Nine Black Robes.

Inside the Supreme Court's drive to the right and its historic consequences.

Joan Biscupic, welcome to on point.

Thank you.

It's so nice to be with you, T. Sianna.

It's great to have you, Joan.

The book really couldn't be more timely, really, given recent news of the court.

And I thought, as a way to dive into what you found in your deep research for the book,

we should set it up with these two major sort of Supreme Court happenings or stories that

are going on.

So let's start there.

I'm thinking about abortion medication and clearance, Thomas.

I thought we could start with abortion medication, Mithaprystone.

Maybe we go back to April 7th, the Texas judge, and maybe you can help walk our listeners

through where we are and what's been happening starting in Texas.

Of course, let's just remind people what the Supreme Court itself did that opened the

door to what Judge Matthew Kesmerich in Amarilla, Texas did.

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