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🗓️ 18 January 2023
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Last year, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and demolish nearly half a century of abortion rights put to rest any remaining questions as to how far the 6-3 supermajority was willing to go to realize its extreme right-wing vision. With the court’s 2022-2023 term in full force, what rights are at stake this year? On the first episode of Dissent, an Intercepted miniseries, host and senior Intercept reporter Jordan Smith is joined by Jordan Rubin, a legal analyst with MSNBC and former prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Smith and Rubin outline the Supreme Court’s term and discuss the major implications of the decisions ahead.
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0:00.0 | I'm Jordan Smith, a senior reporter for the Intercept. |
0:08.9 | Welcome to Descent, an Intercepted miniseries about the Supreme Court. |
0:29.4 | The Supreme Court's first summer's dobs decision. |
0:31.7 | Overturning Roe vs Wade in nearly 50 years of abortion rights, dropped like a bomb. |
0:37.1 | It was the first time the U.S. Supreme Court had acted to take rights away from individuals. |
0:42.1 | At the Supreme Court today, an historic upheaval. |
0:47.4 | In a sweeping ruling that overturned a half a century of precedence, five justices ended |
0:52.0 | the right of American women to choose abortion under the Constitution. |
0:55.8 | 50 years' worth of women's rights in America overturned in an instant as the Supreme |
1:01.7 | Court, whose very purpose is to protect civil liberties, took away the constitutional right |
1:08.1 | to abortion. |
1:09.3 | From anger and anguish to celebration and gratitude, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn |
1:14.8 | Roe vs Wade's shook national politics and sparked a national response that's playing out |
1:20.0 | in cities and states across the country. |
1:22.7 | As of today, abortion is illegal in eight states that had so-called trigger laws in place |
1:27.9 | for this very moment. |
1:29.5 | Five more states will ban abortion within weeks, and already today courts have blocked |
1:33.6 | bans from going into effect in several other states. |
1:37.2 | I wasn't surprised it happened. |
1:39.2 | I've covered reproductive rights for a long time, and there were plenty of us who had warned |
1:43.1 | about this moment for decades. |
1:46.1 | Over the last number of years, it was increasingly clear that rose days were numbered. |
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