Lawrence: SCOTUS justices of 3 GOP presidents ended Roe. ‘Your vote lives after you.’
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell examines the history of Republican presidents changing their stances on abortion to run for president only to name the Supreme Court justices to the high court who ended the abortion protections provided by the Roe v. Wade ruling.
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#SCOTUS #RoevWade #abortion
And how about those who voted for Mitch McConnell, who literally blocked Merrick Garland and replacing Justice Ginsberg.
All those who created a Republican majority in the Senate. Not just Mitch voters.
McConnell always is reelected because runs unopposed thanks to gerrymandering
Your vote will live on ... unless it was for Barack Obama, whose choice for the Supreme Court was denied by a Republican-lead Senate.
McConnell you mean, who refused to appoint Obama's choice because it was "so close" to the 2016 election (EIGHT MONTHS) and then pushed through Amy Coney Barrett with 8 DAYS to go to the 2020 election..... That disgusting little man is as responsible as any one for this removal of rights from half the population🤬
luckydude4506,FACT!! Even though Obama was in his lame-duck term, he was STILL the President of the United States and he was ENTITLED,by the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, to nominate a successor to the bench following the untimely death of Antonin Scalia in 2016. McConnell famously DEPRIVED him of the right to nominate a Supreme Court justice,even though he handed him a Conservative Republican ,Merrick B. Garland, who would be appointed by Joe Biden as Attorney General of the United States. In a backward way,McConnell did the former president a favor,by not ending up with an even bigger Conservative majority,after the 3 disastrous picks by Obama’s successor, the WORST President in American history.
that one hits hard 😢
Mitch… had a stroke that day.
We The People of The United States of America do not need a " Dictator " .
No you already have a gang of black gowned religious Taliban stripping rights from women and contemplating total immunity for Trump.... Oh and telling you they want to go after contraception next, followed by marriage equality for gays....
Amen
Get rid of lifetime appointments and establish term limits for SCOTUS.
That requires a Constitutional Amendment. And judges would be hamstrung. You are not smarter than our Founders 😆
@@neal5068 Speak for yourself.
@@neal5068 It is a difficult issue but I don't believe in lifetime appointments nor am I convinced that the long time presidential appointment system is the best idea. Biases in judges are regrettably common. The idea some people have put forth claiming that these biases diminish over time is ludicrous and serves no validity to the argument favouring lifetime terms. I'm not sure what the best answer is but I am confident it involves term limitations and re-qualifying of some nature. But as far as being smarter than the American founders, well they had a good idea on some things but the US and its constitution have been a work in progress since those founding days. To call for change to lifetime terms does not demonstrate lesser intelligence. What about all those acts of congress over the years that have produce constitutional amendments? Are they dumber than the founding fathers? IDK where many of us stand intellectually to the founding fathers of America but I do know your remark was not very bright.
It would have been easier to be in this situation in the first place, if only the cry babies voted for HRC instead of temper tantrums and voting for 3rd party in 2016.
A minority of voters elected those GOP presidents that appointed life-time Supreme Court judges. Democracy my 🫏.
Lawrence is really a man who knows how to speak to the people my gosh hands down my favorite man to listen to.
Agreed!💪💙🇺🇸🌊😎🗽
The best
In the same class as the great Paul Harvey in my opinion.
I make it a point to listen to his segment every night. The knowledge he shares is just profound. I love how simple he keeps it and yet the impact it causes to those who listen.
The abortion debate is not about "pro-life", it's about control.
Yes, I want to control you so you don’t murder your unborn child.
Lol, no Republican even cares about abortions. I’m in a deep red area and we’re very pro-choice here. It’s just BLM and Antifa passing these dumb state laws so Biden has an agenda to run on.
Exactly! Wake up people….
Lawrence. You certainly bring things in to stark perspective! "Your vote lives long after you!" We need your voice, we need your help, we need your guidance! Bless you & your strong voice!
Yes. Thank you for connecting this to the GOP voters. Not just trump.
What a complete disaster the SC justices Thomas and Alito have been. A stain on american judicial system that is impossible to ignore.
10th Amendment
@@coreyham3753that would be the 3 idiots on the left. One of them an affirmative action hire
Also Thomas, and Barrett, who wouldn't give a straight answer in her hearings. Don't forget half the "justices" involved.
@@noma5050 no, they are justices. Look it up
If Trump gets re-elected we need to make sure the borders stay open so we can get out!
Thank you, again, Lawrence O'Donnell, for the civics lesson. By the time I graduated high school there were only a few public schools offering Civics classes in the U.S. It may be time for NEA -- or whoever led the charge -- to rethink that decision. It's never been more important for Americans to be able to connect the dots.
The epitome of single-issue politics. For me, the decision lies with the woman, her partner, their families, their physicians, their spiritual advisors...and no one else. Government should have no business in the subject. There are a bunch of people today who want to have us live under laws of 1864, or even before that. No. Just, simply, no.
Vote like your daughters rights depend on it!
Because they do!
My grandaughters.
My great granddaughters too.
Your born daughters.
Politicians should have no say in a MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
That's right
So true.
Well, that depends. There are times when legislation for or against medical procedures are to save lives. Don't jump on the never bandwagon. All issues should be dealt with on their merits or lack there of, and each individually.
What a euphemism
Especially when the medical professionals are clear on how necessary it is to literally save a life already here, a life that is suffering and in quite a bit of danger of being lost without that procedure.
Breaking! Republicons hit with an massive court loss.. Thank you Michigan 💪💪
You, sir, deserve an award for that monologue! Hats off to you and your writers! This should be played during every single prime time tv show. It makes an impact!
Agreed 👍
this is so crazy! SAVE DEMOCRACY! SAVE OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN!! Our votes will live on! BLUE BLUE BLUE!!! 💙💙💙
Great piece. Let us not forget Mitch McConnell, who wouldn’t let Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court get a hearing “because of upcoming elections” … but then did let Trump’s nominee get a hearing under the same circumstances.
Yes, everyone can thank the wonderful people in beautiful Kentucky for that. Bless their hearts.
I still wonder how this Mc Connell BALK should have been addressed--and by whom. Since when does the senate refuse to fill a seat on the court in a timely manner?
Lawrence I have been an avid follower from the UK for a long time. I love your honest delivery of the facts. You truely are a good man. Keep fighting for the truth.💙
The Senate should have listened to Anita Hill and the FBI should investigate I love beer for those more than 25,000 complaints against him🤬.
Yes!
Why GOP thinks GOD needs help? What kind of God Maga have ? Didn’t God gave us free willpower? To make our own mistakes and learn from them? Who Maga think they are to dictate women what to do with our own bodies? Isn’t crazy try to tell other people how to behave when politicians are the worst selling their own soul for money? The American people need to elect politicians servants with ethics!!!!!!!!
I live abroad but coming home to cast my vote against Trump😄
Thank you for your patriotism.
Every visit to the grocery store is our wake-up call. Biden blows! Trump 2024
@@herballycorrect mindblowingly stupid! Go back and watch the video again!
I also live abroad and will be coming home to cast my vote against Trump!
@@donnamorciano2595 Thank you, Donna, and you also, CHRIST-Ancord. I know it must be expensive and a lot to arrange, but we pro-democracy, non-MAGA voters really appreciate your dedication and decision. Hope your trips back to the US go without hitches. Thanks again. VOTE BLUE, up and down the ballot!! 🥰💙💯
Once, I left the USA disgusted after George Bush was elected President. I thought there could be no President stupider than Bush, Jr. Then came Trump. If he is elected a second time, where on earth do I go to?
Asking myself the same question nearly every day since his first impeachment...
That is when I too left the USA. And Trump makes it impossible to even consider going back.
Um, it's not just that DJT is dumb, there is also the folks that vote for him. They can't be very far up the totem pole of intelligence.
New Zealand🤷♀️. People say it's really nice.
It is. Lived here all my life and can vouch for it.
Thank you Lawrence.
Lawrence never fails to amaze me. Simply brilliant.💙🇺🇸👍🎯💯
That opening monologue was a thing of beauty: insight, education, passion, and clarity. Oddly enough, SCOTUS nominations have been a primary concern since I became old enough to vote, and I have never missed the opportunity. Which made it enraging when McConnell stole a nomination each from Presidents Obama and Biden and gave them to Trump, resulting in the rogue supermajority we have now. Overturning half a century worth of settled law after vowing under oath not to do so, deliberately breaking 14.3, and giving the election Gore won to Bushback in the day, are all betrayals of the American people. Thank you so much, Lawrence.
Yep that's exactly how I see it with the receipts. Thank you for pointing it out.
You can blame me for Clarence Thomas, but that was my last vote for a republican. All the others, I knew better by then.
Same here 😥
CT is the best justice on there, so thank you
Too late guys, look what you have done !
@@paultaylor4951 Thomas is brilliant
@@neal5068 Brilliant at being corupt and grifting from the wealthy donors
Mr. O'Donnell your are the GOAT of journalism putting it all in a nutshell. Give MR. O'Donnell the Pulitzer of journalism. Your reporting gives me goose pimples 😁😆😅😂🤣 love listening to you. I know there are other words that you would like to use when you are telling it like it is. But believe me I put them in myself for you cause you have respect for your fellow listener. Thanks for all your kindness in your reporting.👍
Well said! I saw Tiny Tim perform at Hollywood High!!
To safeguard our rights and protect our bodies, we must take action and exercise our right to vote. The Republican base is known for making decisions that are not in line with our beliefs, so it is up to us to vote for the Democratic party that aligns more with our values. By doing so, we can take a step towards preserving our democracy and ensuring that our voices are heard. So let's make sure to get out and vote, and make a difference in our future.
Term limits for justices.
They also need to pass laws on appointments. No judge should be 'appointed'. They should be subject to votes just like any other office!
Everyone has the right to deny medical treatment, no one has the right to deny medical treatment for other's! Period!
🎯
Somehow this “medical treatment” is different from all other treatments.
The position of elected Republican officials has always been, "choice for me, but not for you "
8: 22 .... Your vote lives after you! Stunning concept, and we must prioritize voting this November.
And people may not like Biden's policies, but they need to think: Alito and Thomas are rumored to be retiring in the next 4 years.
VERY well said!
I voted for Hillary. When Trump won, the first thing I thought about was the Supreme Court. Think people. Think.
I will never understand how any woman in the US can vote for these people. Eather they are bigots or cons. Or both.
Propagandized by right wing media and it's right wing echo chamber. Of course, there has to be something wrong with them in the first place for being susceptible to such right wing lies and disinformation. In the words of Carl Sagan they have been "Captured by the bamboozle".
Some of those women are basically living in the bubble of Conservative thought and being cut off from any sources that contradict Conservatism. I lived in Texas for over 20 years. Media, not just the pundits and news "reporters" but also entertainment and comedy, recycle the same stuff over and over to inoculate their audience, be they any race or gender, against looking outside your bubble for any opinions on any matter. There are women who have no notion of ectopic pregnancy or fetal abnormalities which can necessitate abortion to save the mother and that those nearly always occur later in pregnancy. They are surrounded by people who tell them that they, Conservatives, want to protect them and provide for them. It's not all bigotry or trying to con other people.
Agreed wholeheartedly
We need to vote for term limits. Not sure how long, but the people need to be able to vote them in. Appointing should obviously not happen when they show so much favoritism. The court is bias, and the people of the US should have a way to correct that.
Don't forget to thank Mitchel McConnell for his stance on not giving Obamaa chance to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. According to McConnell its his greatest accomplishment!
Well yes, and don't forget the kind folks there in Kentucky for supplying us with Mitchie. Bless their hearts...
Good job Lawrence connecting current votes to future decisions.
Yep. Too many people keep getting caught up in the short term. We have to think long-term. Look at the damage caused because people chose to stay home or protest vote against Hillary in 2016. We're stilling with the repercussions 8 years later, with this SCOTUS, as well the right-wing nuts that were given lifetime appointments to in Federal Court, like Aileen Cannon and Matthew Kaczmaryk.
@@pomerlain8924 Hillary Clinton should have picked someone besides Timothy Kaine as her running mate.
Well done, Lawrence. I like the way you framed this commentary.
Powerful History and Life lessons, Lawrence. Thank you!
''FASCISM will come to America wrapped in the 🇺🇸 FLAG carrying a ✝CROSS.'' Sinclair Lewis
Dems brought communism to America a long time ago
No it won’t
It was truth and all who have been paying attention have seen it happening for decades right before our eyes.
How true
@joe, he didn't actually say that. (This has been fact-checked -- look it up.) Please check everything before you post; non-GOPs have to be better than GOPs, who will say any old thing that suits their purpose at the moment. Thanks.
McConnell was the architect. Senator Whitehouse needs our attention.
You are correct, Moscow Mitch McConnell was the architect!
This is why we can never vote Republican. Get rid of the electoral vote and only count popular vote.
Right on 👍
You're smarter than our Founders? 😆
@Lucky_McHugh_38C do you even understand why the EC is needed?
@@neal5068 I couldnt care less why its supposedly needed. Get rid of it and let the popular vote rule.
@@Lucky_McHugh_38C EC gives representation to the entire country. Our Founders were brilliant, you are not.
I think the shortage of physicians in the U.S. is about to get worse..... who wants to have the government substitute their decisions regarding patient care in place of the family and their physician....
Im votin for biden and will always vote blue !!!
Every visit to the grocery store is our wake-up call. Biden blows! Trump 2024
@@herballycorrectwhat did Biden do to make the price of groceries go up? 🤔
@chadfr1013 He's given away billions of dollars to fight other countries' wars. Then prints more money, which devalues our dollar making in worth less. Not to mention the cost of oil and gas. Instead of utilizing our own resources, we're paying whatever OPEC demands, which causes the cost to transport our food and everyday items higher and higher. Shall I go on?
@@gregkeen4907Hey Look how much we aren't paying for him to support his golf obsession
@gregkeen4907 President Biden's fictitious "out of control spending" (he actually lowered the deficit) did not raise the cost of groceries. Aiding Ukraine's defense against a dictator planning to steal Europe did not raise grocery prices. It is proven that corporations are experiencing record profits while continuing to raise prices, knowing that Republicans will blame President Biden. Russia and OPEC cut oil production months ago to raise gas prices, and prices will continue to rise before the election. We could shut the border today if Republicans would pass the border bill THEY negotiated, meaning that Democrats are the only ones who want to do anything about the border. Bottom line, anytime a Republican says ANYTHING it's always a lie.
Thank you, Lawrence. It's important that voters take responsibility for the power and privilege inherent in their historical and present day right to vote. The stakes are ALWAYS high.
The GOP is like the dog that finally caught the ambulance!
MAGA always meant that. Bring the population to the 1800s.
Dumb comment
1 year account, known troll. Do not feed.
I thought they wanted to take us all back to the 1950s
@@neal5068 Just because it's dumb, doesn't mean it's not true. Just think how dumb the MAGA crowd is to not even see that...
@@noma5050 My account is 1 year??? Since I've had it for well over a decade (first year World of Warcraft came out actually), I think you're wrong lol
Impotent old men should have NO say in the abortion debate!
Whether you particularly like it or not. This nation is a form of democracy. That means we all get a say. Otherwise, it's no longer a democracy. It becomes Authoritarian.
Why don't they make men get fixed women can't get pregnant without men . Lol unless get insemination
You’re a bigot
Thank you. So tired of the craven transactionality for perceived political power with girl's & women's health, welbeing...lives in the balance. The GOP hypocrisy is destroyong their party but worse America.
Why do you think Blk Women, as a group, always vote Blue? Blessed with an abundance of good sense. Votes for the party that is Good for the country because we have to live AMONG these racists and therefore vote our best hope! Vote BLUE!!
Even after a decade of watching you Lawrence, your monologues are always so profound and meaningful. Truly one of the best political voices of our generation.👌
This is on the GOP and women voters who are responsible for ending Roe vs Wade decision.
White women seeking power adjacency.
There’s a special place in he** for Females who celebrated & applauded the downfall of Roe vs Wade. Karma will come.
If you're paying attention, the stakes are always high.
Republicons belongs to the con-man hall of Fame 👈🙄
RethugliKKKlans! To be honest...
''I love the poorly educated.'' Donald tRUMP
"Still Winning!!" --- MAGA ---
Yes Trump's Iquique is warbling 🤣
@@vitaminckillscovid103Yeah! Winning prison cells 😅😂
It's the same thing that the "proletariat dictatorship",. Far-right and far-left intersect.
@@vitaminckillscovid103He's talking about you.
House and Senate had a lot to do with keeping Trump in office long enough to do all this. They also had the power to reject Jurists misrepresenting their stances on Row V Wade.
The thing that angers me most is that it is mainly MEN ARGUING AGAINST ABORTION. However, it is mostly men that are more than eager to pay for an abortion when it suits them in skirting the responsibilities that come from fatherhood. It's simple: do you have a uterus?? No? Then you best keep your mouth shut. If you, the man, put a ring on it and you and the wife are set to become parents together, then you make the tough decisions together. And the many women that are facing child bearing and child rearing alone or risk losing their own life in the process, or for whatever reason, do not need mostly old men telling them what they should or should not do in that situation.
Well said!
@@tja3495 Ditto thousand times. VOTE BLUE - all down the ballot! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thank you for the precision and well thought out presentation! Thank you for your diligence for democracy!! 💪💙🇺🇸🌊😎🗽🙏
''I just want to be Dictator from day 1.'' Donald tRUMP
He meant just day 1, to reverse joeke's stupid executive orders. But keep sharing things out of context. 😆
@neal5068 No.Trump meant he was going to be a dictator from day one. You can't expect people to believe the man who was going to show us his tax returns and then fought tooth and nail to block it. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Context matters.
@@neal5068you have Stockholm syndrome my man... Defending someone who would betray you in a nanosecond if it would benefit him. Sad.
@@sg0771 😆
@@taua3645 that is NOT what he meant. See this is what MSDNC does to your brain
Fantastic video!! Thanks again for the political history lesson! You’re always on point 💙💙
Vote Blue 💙💙💙💙💙💙💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Republicans missed their MOMENT to move forward on important issues.
Again.
I truly believe this election is going to have big consequences for the Republica party. 😭 It's horrible what their doing to our country 😔.
Its all so sad. Clarence Thomas overcame much to be successful. What a shame he hadn't been more honest as a Supreme Court judge to be fair to Americans. Perhaps he cant move on and do good.. 😢😢😢
This might be his most powerful segment ever. 👏🏻
I love Lawrence and this fabulous piece, but I feel his best body of work was related to the horror and tragedy of the Uvalde, TX school massacre. No one else came close to his insight and expression of what was lost and why.
The United States of America does not need a "Dictator". He said it "Dictator Don" will be a "Dictator". Please Vote for Democracy America .
Absolutely 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
Well said, thank you Lawrence
Excellent as always, Lawrence 👌
Incredibly important, informative, and should be aired, shown everywhere! Historical events and votes that brought us to where we are today. Proud to have always voted Blue since I first registered as a Democrat in 1978, raised in home led by a staunch Republican father who actually started voting Blue in the George W Bush years.
Once again, thank you, Lawrence.
I remember in the 1980 election reading an interview with Brook Sheilds and they asked her who she was going to vote for. "Oh Republicans," she said. "But wat about Roe v Wade," they asked her. "Oh, that is established law. Its not a factor," she said more or less. I remember thinking at the time, how stupid can you be? Women got suckered into thinking that just because Roe was on the books that it coukd never change. How many times has the SCOTUS reversed a landmark ruling? Brown overturned Ferguson. It can go the other way too.
Thank you for your voice
A very impressive explanation. 🙏
WP: “I like the evil ones better,” McConnell replied, with a thin smile , regarding his conservative domination of the Supreme Court.
Hey, it was Mitch The Empty that really did it!
Mitch McConnell is just one of the co-conspirators.
@@chelittle6433 Oh, yea. List of corrupt conspirators would be great!😆🌿🌸
Brilliant, just brilliant. Thank you.
😂😂😂
Well done.
Excellent piece! Whenever I want clarity about a subject, I watch Lawrence O'Donnell.
Stirring words.
"Its a decision that should be made by the family, not just the individual...." "As long as the government tells you what the decision should be beforehand right....?"
Very well said, Lawrence
That’s what you call perspective.
John McCain has my respect. He was a soldier most could never live up to. Yet Lawrence isnt lying. McCain was wrong. Dubba holds no respect and is just as wrong. Sr no opinion other then like the rest of his family, was wrong
Republicans, "Make America 1864 Again."
That was when Republicans ended slavery.....those Democrats didn't want to lose their slaves.....thank God for Republicans back then
@@jamestodd5634And then...the parties flipped ideologically on the issue. It happens with many issues.
The fact that so many MAGA Republican voters like to display Confederate flags was a bit of a hint that they're not satisfied with dragging the country back to the 1950s - they want to go back a lot further than that. Waiting for the day that Black MAGA politicians wake up and say to themselves, "What the heck have I done? I joined a white supremacist cult and didn't even realize it".
@@JohnDoe-jh5yr only on one issue,...that was the size of the government.....I spent 17 years researching that so called flip flop you talk about,....it just never happened. So nice try
@@JohnDoe-jh5yr both parties are organized crime....that's what I discovered
This is magnificent.
Greetings from Germany. One of the best clips I ever saw. We in Europe fear the crazy us trumpers ..... Please Lawrence carry on!
I always blamed the GOP!
I'm not sure guilt shaming is the right approach but at this point it definitely is.
If facts are guilt shaming, so be it.
This episode is a perfect example of why there should be term limits for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges. A generation is 18-20 years... terms should be the same.
Thank you, Lawrence.
Lawrence is the best political commentator, bar none.
My body is none of your business.
Don't forget about Mitch McConnell's part in the Supreme Court appointments (or lack of) during the Obama and trump administrations!
Omg you absolutely are empowering and encouraging people to understand the importance of voting, I am not from the US and I get it.
The real power of the vote! 🗽
What is going to happen to the thousands unwanted babies? Who is going to care for them? Who will counsel them when they find out they existence was nothing but a political expediency?
U. S. Supreme Court. Does the Grim Reaper get a say?
Sadly, some would point to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and say that means God is on the Conservative side. (Sigh...)
Outstanding commentary!
One of your best, Mr. O'Donnell. Thanks.
You're the best, Lawrence.