From WNYC Studios, it's Brian Lair, a daily politics podcast. It's Monday, July 11th.

President Biden's executive orders on abortion rights, Friday, and an intensifying conversation among wings of the Democratic Party

or progressives and Democratic Party mainstream leaders, however you want to characterize

these groups, as to whether Biden is going far enough and sounding passionate enough

about abortion rights and other issues.

A New York Times poll out today finds Biden's over-approval rating.

Overall approval rating is even lower than before,

one of the lowest among presidents in decades,

and 60% of Democrats want to consider other nominees for 2024. And that's not just progressives over whether Biden

is progressive enough, but that's part of the issue to be sure. To talk about all of this,

January 6th developments, abortion rights, executive orders, and more is Elie Mistal,

the nation's justice correspondent covering the courts, the criminal justice system

and politics, and the force behind the magazine's monthly column objection. He is also the author

of the best-selling book, Allow Me to Retort, a Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution, which even

Amazon has put on its best books of 2022 list, and to leave no doubt about where

he stands on some of these issues. As Ellie joins us, he tweeted yesterday, the good thing

about being an activist, quote, out of step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party, unquote,

is that we're kind of used to the mainstream of the Democratic

Party telling us to go jump in the lake.

Eli, I hope you enjoyed your weekend, maybe in an actual lake, and welcome back to WNYC.

Hi, thank you so much for having me, Brian.

I'm doing as well as I can, giving the desperate situation we find ourselves in with the revocation of fundamental rights for half the

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