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May 8 — Gov. Tate Reeves, Dana Nessel, Jennifer Mascott & Neal Katyal

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🗓️ 8 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves joins Meet The Press to discuss the expected overturn of Roe v. Wade. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel talks about the state's response to the news. Legal experts and former Supreme Court clerks Jennifer Mascott and Neal Katyal discuss the leak and the effect overturning Roe will have on the court. Ali Vitali, Josh Gerstein, Sara Fagen and Kimberly Atkins Stohr join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, the fate of Roe v. Wade.

0:04.0

How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body?

0:09.0

A divided country reacts to that draft Supreme Court decision.

0:13.0

I've been praying for this for as long as I've understood what a baby was, and it's a big deal.

0:19.0

This is an attack on women.

0:22.6

In Washington's strong reaction from abortion rights supporters.

0:26.6

It was an assault on women.

0:28.6

I'm going to fight like hell to protect this right for Michigan women.

0:31.6

It rocks my confidence in the court.

0:34.6

While most Republicans shy away from the issue and instead focus on the leak.

0:39.2

It's a breach of protocol, I think, will compromise the ability to the court to find consensus.

0:44.0

The most egregious breach of trust at the Supreme Court that has ever happened.

0:49.6

Plus the fallout.

0:50.9

Will this galvanized Democrats heading into the midterm election?

0:53.8

This mega crowd is really the most extreme political organization that's existed in American history.

1:00.2

They want to get off of the things that are so unpopular about this president.

1:04.4

Also, could a nationwide ban be the next step? Are other rights in jeopardy? And can either

1:10.0

party find a position that meets Americans

1:12.4

where they are? I'll talk to Mississippi's Republican governor, Tate Reeves, who supports

1:17.2

banning most abortions, and to Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel, who opposes an

1:22.4

automatic abortion ban that would go into effect in her state. Also, inside the court's decision-making process with former Supreme Court clerks,

1:32.1

Neil Cateiel and Jennifer Mascott.

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