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Mike Johnson: “Nine unelected judges pulled the authority away from the…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 32:22

I mean, the states are handling it and that, you know, I was one of the lawyers who went into the courts for decades and argued that Roe was an egregiously unconstitutional decision. And part of the argument was because Nine unelected judges pulled the authority away from the states who were legislating on the issue before they evoked Roe. and made it a claim. There's a constitutional right in the federal Constitution, which there's not. That's been clarified now. The situation goes back to the people through their duly, you know, elected representatives. (32:22–32:30)

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Asserts that the Roe v. Wade decision removed states' authority to legislate on abortion.

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