CNN ‘Legal Expert’ Accuses Justices Barrett And Kavanaugh Of ‘Flawed’ Arguments, Claims No One Wants A Neutral Supreme Court

CNN legal analyst Laura Coates claimed Wednesday evening that no one actually wanted the Supreme Court to be “neutral.”

Coates joined CNN anchor Don Lemon and senior political analyst Nia Malika Henderson to discuss the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in what could be the next landmark abortion case — Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which addresses a Mississippi state ban on all abortions after 15 weeks.

Lemon began the conversation with a discussion about physical access to abortion, claiming that a number of states would ban abortions altogether if the court was to overturn previous landmark decisions Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

“I want to put up this map, Laura. If the court was to reverse Roe v. Wade, 26 states are certain, are likely to ban abortion almost immediately. Take Louisiana as an example. The nearest clinic for three in five women would be in Illinois. And for the rest of the women, it would be Kansas or North Carolina,” Lemon said, asking Coates who would be most likely to feel the impact of such a move.

Coates argued that the disparate impact would be felt primarily by those who could not afford to travel in order to obtain medical care — and who could least afford to remain pregnant. – READ MORE