I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is

then sweaty armpits because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps

and heath and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath

but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gabb Fest for Thursday May 5th. The end of Row is Nye edition.

No David and no John this week but I actually think that's a virtue because I have here with me

to people who I am so eager to discuss this week's incredible legal and political news.

James form a junior is a professor at Yale Law School and the faculty director of the Center

for Law and Racial Justice. James, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you. Great to be here Emily.

And Ruth Marcus is deputy editorial page editor for the Washington Post where she writes the

weekly column. Welcome. Welcome. Hi Emily. How long did it take me to say yes to you? I like wanted to

nothing but talk about this week. I was so grateful that you responded quickly. It was a load off

my mind yesterday. So on this week's show we are going to talk about the leak of all leaks from

the Supreme Court Justice Samuel Lido's draft of a majority opinion overturning Row versus Wade

which if it goes into effect would end the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

Our second topic will be about how this potential ruling and really even just this draft

opinion is affecting American politics. And our third topic will be talking about the Republican

primary victory for JD Vance in the Ohio Senate race and the continuing problem that Republicans have

in Madison, Cawthorn, the young congressman from North Carolina. Okay. So our first topic let's

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