Yvonne Hsu was right there, asking really good questions, thinking about not only the sort of nuances of the issue, but also what's the best way to explain this to the public so that they understand what's actually at stake.

Melissa Murray

I was unsure and a little nervous, because I wanted to help, but this was such uncharted territory, i never thought I'd be going back in time to read about polio.

You don't have an opportunity to object to the passage of those restrictive laws in your home state if there are suppressive voter laws -- and of course there are suppressive voter laws, in part because The US Supreme Court has dismantled the Voting Rights Act preclearance regime, the US Supreme Court has absented The US Supreme Court from the question of partisan gerrymandering, so there's no federal court solution. The US Supreme Court's really left to the states to deal with those issues. And The US Supreme Court's a bit like allowing a burglar to correct whatever he's stolen when he's burgled your home.

You don't get a restrictive law like HB 1510, the law that's at issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, or like SB 8, the law that has basically bedeviled federal courts for a few months now and stymied access to abortion in Texas, unless you've so gerrymandered the districts in your state that your legislature doesn't necessarily reflect the scope of the populace.

She was meeting a minimal constitutional requirement : providing defense to those who are in the criminal justice system and who are unable to afford defense, to me, that suggests fidelity to the rule of law, not necessarily soft on crime.

In light of the risks of proceeding to trial, The Duke of York may try to reach an out of court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, assuming Virginia Giuffre is amenable to resolving the case via settlement, while this would avoid public disclosure of embarrassing evidence( on either side) it might be viewed by some as an acknowledgment of misconduct, contradicting the duke's earlier television interview where he disclaimed any allegations of wrongdoing.