Lawrence: Arizona’s abortion ban is exactly what Trump wanted

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The Arizona Supreme Court rules a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable. Also, a judge denies Donald Trump’s efforts to stop his criminal trial. And Sen. Chuck Schumer calls on Speaker Johnson to bring the Ukraine aid bill for a vote. Governor Katie Hobbs, Alexis McGill Johnson, Harry Litman, Professor Jack Rakove, and Rep. Eric Swalwell join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Alex, as with your hour, it's Arizona night here at the last word. We have Governor Katie Hobbs joining us. We have Senate candidate Rubin
0:13.2	Diego joining us such an important day in Arizona and for the country
0:18.8	and what happened there today.
0:20.3	1864. When you think of the Republican Party, think 1864.
0:24.8	Yeah, that's where we are.
0:26.2	Have a good show.
0:27.2	Thank you, Alex.
0:28.0	Thank you.
0:29.0	Well, Arizona has a longer history as part of Spain than it does as part of the United States.
0:37.0	The name Arizona is thought to be a blend of Spanish and a local tribal language meaning small spring.
0:46.0	Arizona spent 300 years as part of Spain beginning in 1521.
0:55.0	Then in 1821, when Mexico won its independence from Spain,
0:59.0	Arizona began its short history
1:02.0	as part of the independent country of Mexico.
1:07.0	The United States seized all of the most valuable parts of Mexico, including California, as our prize for winning the Mexican-American
1:17.2	War in 1848.
1:20.9	As an American territory, Arizona chose the wrong side of the Civil War and fought to keep
1:26.7	enslaved people in the United States enslaved.
1:31.2	Toward the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln appointed a 54-year-old New Yorker,
1:36.0	William Thompson Howell.
1:38.0	As a federal judge to serve in the Arizona Territory,
1:42.0	where he then wrote the first laws of Arizona
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