Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Mississippi Abortion Case, Roe v. Wade Could Be Overruled in Decision

The Supreme Court begins hearing arguments today in the Mississippi abortion case that bans abortions after 15 weeks. There is a lot of scrutiny on what will happen with this decision as it could overrule Roe v. Wade. There could also be a scenario where they overrule that decision while still not abolishing the constitutional right to an abortion. Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent at VOX, joins us for what to know.

Next, there is still much we don’t know about Omicron, the new Covid variant spreading through the world. We don’t know if it is more transmissible or most importantly, if it causes more severe illness, preliminary observations show that it could cause milder infections. If so, that could be good as we get on our way to the virus being endemic. Andrew Joseph, reporter at STAT News, joins us for the bottom line, it will take weeks and more data before we know.

Finally, the midterms haven’t hit yet and no formal announcement has been made, but speculation is already swirling on who could be former President Trump’s pick for VP if he should run again. There are three lanes he could pick from, a woman, a person of color, or even a consigliere type. Marc Caputo, national political reporter at Politico, joins us for the two most important factors, loyalty and embracing his views on the 2020 election.

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