Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., pushed back against the Supreme Court's leaked opinion draft during a Tuesday appearance on 'CBS Mornings.'
"Unless you do something about the filibuster that I have long supported eliminating, we would not have the votes to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law… To me, we will do all we can to [enact this legislation]," she said.in droves in November if the Supreme Court decides to overturn the landmark case.
"Basically what the court would be doing is overturning 50 years of precedence, something that has been on the books, that women have relied on, that 75 to 80 percent of the public support and say should not be overturned," she said. A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, Monday night, May 2, 2022 in Washington following reports of a leaked draft opinion by the court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Klobuchar went on, accusing the justices of"inserting their own judgment" against what has been the"law of the land" and notes
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