Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari Melbert. I hope you're doing great.

We have a special extra here for you this weekend, and it's something that may have gotten lost for some people in a week where a lot happened, from Paul Manafort getting busted to this national emergency.

But did you know that the Supreme Court is now one vote away from effectively ruling to eliminate

access to abortion in areas where an entire state could have just one doctor or less.

It's super important that one vote right now is actually a Republican appointee Chief Justice

John Roberts.

And in the piece that I am sharing now, which I hope you'll listen to, we discuss why that relates not only to

Donald Trump, but to so-called Republican moderates. I zero in on Susan Collins, her record

and why she seems to be basically breaking her own pledges. Take a listen.

For our special report tonight, let's begin with an important fact.

There's no part of American government where Donald Trump is having a longer-term impact than on the courts,

which decide the limits on your right to speak, bear arms, or make personal decisions about your body,

as so many activists emphasized during the Women's March.

But unlike the things that Donald Trump can do all by himself,

like the travel ban or like his response to Charlottesville,

Trump cannot reshape the courts alone.

He needs the Senate's approval.

And so in our politics right now, to ignore that fact

or to move on to the next Trump scandal

and lose track of how many senators are actually helping him

would be a mistake with real consequences,

especially at a time like this

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